How Long to Read Praise of Folly

How Long Does it Take to Read Praise of Folly?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus

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

Description

Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, is Erasmus's best-known work. Its dazzling mixture of fantasy and satire is narrated by a personification of Folly, dressed as a jester, who celebrates youth, pleasure, drunkenness and sexual desire, and goes on to lambast human pretensions, foibles and frailties, to mock theologians and monks and to praise the 'folly' of simple...

How long is Praise of Folly?

Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Praise of Folly Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Praise of Folly aloud.

What Reading Level is Praise of Folly?

Praise of Folly 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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