It takes the average reader 3 hours and 37 minutes to read Racine and Shakespeare by Stendhal
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This major critical work by the great French novelist reveals Stendhal's decisive role in the literary renaissance called Romanticism. Written sixteen years before 'The Charterhouse of Parma', it marked the beginning of his illustrious career and established him at the forefront of the French Romantic movement. The first part of 'Racine and Shakespeare' appeared as a pamphlet in 1823, when Waterloo was still bitterly alive in the French mind. In it, Stendhal vigorously championed the spontaneous vitality of Shakespeare while condemning the rigid imitators of Corneille and Racine. The second...
Racine and Shakespeare by Stendhal is 214 pages long, and a total of 54,356 words.
This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Racine and Shakespeare aloud.
Racine and Shakespeare is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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