It takes the average reader 7 hours and 32 minutes to read Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Olivier is a young aristocrat, one of an endangered species born in France just after the Revolution. Parrot, the son of an itinerant English printer, wanted to be an artist but has ended up in middle age as a servant. When Olivier sets sail for the New World - ostensibly to study its prisons, but in reality to avoid yet another revolution - Parrot is sent with him, as spy, protector, foe and foil. Through their adventures with women and money, incarceration and democracy, writing and painting, they make an unlikely pair. But where better for unlikely things to flourish than in the glorious,...
Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey is 451 pages long, and a total of 113,201 words.
This makes it 152% the length of the average book. It also has 138% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 18 minutes to read Parrot and Olivier in America aloud.
Parrot and Olivier in America is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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