How Long to Read Problems

How Long Does it Take to Read Problems?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Problems by John Updike

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

Description

In this midcareer collection of twenty-three short stories, John Updike tackles such problems as separation, divorce, and remarriage, parents and children, guns and prostitution, leprosy, swooning, suffocation, and guilt. His self-seeking heroes tend to be forty; his heroines are asleep, seductive, longing, or reproachful. None of these characters is innocent, and all are looking vainly for the road back to an imagined Paradise. Pain and comedy closely coexist in this mainly domestic world of the 1970s, where life is indistinguishable from a television commercial (but what is it advertising?) and every morning’s paper brings news of lost Atlantises.

How long is Problems?

Problems by John Updike is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Problems Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Problems aloud.

What Reading Level is Problems?

Problems 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Problems?

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