How Long to Read Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation

How Long Does it Take to Read Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 50 minutes to read Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation by Peter Gibian

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Peter Gibian explores the key role played by Oliver Wendell Holmes in what was known as America's 'Age of Conversation'. He was both a model and an analyst of the dynamic conversational form, which became central to many areas of mid-nineteenth-century life. Holmes' multivoiced writings can serve as a key to open up the closed interiors of Victorian America, whether in saloons or salons, parlours or clubs, hotels or boarding-houses, schoolrooms or doctors' offices. Combining social, intellectual, medical, legal and literary history with close textual analysis, and setting Holmes in dialogue...

How long is Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation?

Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation by Peter Gibian is 398 pages long, and a total of 102,684 words.

This makes it 134% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 21 minutes to read Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation aloud.

What Reading Level is Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation?

Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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