How Long to Read Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece

By Michael Gorra

How Long Does it Take to Read Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 5 minutes to read Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece by Michael Gorra

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

Description

A revelatory biography of the American master as told through the lens of his greatest novel. Henry James (1843–1916) has had many biographers, but Michael Gorra has taken an original approach to this great American progenitor of the modern novel, combining elements of biography, criticism, and travelogue in re-creating the dramatic backstory of James’s masterpiece, Portrait of a Lady (1881). Gorra, an eminent literary critic, shows how this novel—the scandalous story of the expatriate American heiress Isabel Archer—came to be written in the first place. Traveling to Florence, Rome, Paris,...

How long is Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece?

Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece by Michael Gorra is 416 pages long, and a total of 106,496 words.

This makes it 140% the length of the average book. It also has 130% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 41 minutes to read Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece aloud.

What Reading Level is Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece?

Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece 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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