It takes the average reader 5 hours and 30 minutes to read On the Waterfront by Budd Schulberg
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Schulberg’s acclaimed and bestselling novel, based on a classic of American cinema In 1955, Budd Schulberg adapted his Academy Award–winning screenplay into an exhilarating novel. Suspenseful and emotional, the novel presents a more complex—and perhaps bleaker—portrait of ex-boxer Terry Malloy’s corrupt and stunted world on the docks of Hoboken. Narrated by Father Pete Barry, the novel shifts focus to the courageous priest who stands up to the Mob, as well as his own church, in order to redeem the souls of his hardscrabble and unloved constituents. On the Waterfront is a potent retelling of...
On the Waterfront by Budd Schulberg is 330 pages long, and a total of 82,500 words.
This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 30 minutes to read On the Waterfront aloud.
On the Waterfront is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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