How Long to Read Reading Rilke

How Long Does it Take to Read Reading Rilke?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Reading Rilke by William H. Gass

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

Description

The greatly admired essayist, novelist, and philosopher, author of Cartesian Sonata, Finding a Form, and The Tunnel, reflects on the art of translation and on Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies -- and gives us his own translation of Rilke's masterwork. After nearly a lifetime of reading Rilke in English, William Gass undertook the task of translating Rilke's writing in order to see if he could, in that way, get closer to the work he so deeply admired. With Gass's own background in philosophy, it seemed natural to begin with the Duino Elegies, the poems in which Rilke's ideas are most fully...

How long is Reading Rilke?

Reading Rilke by William H. Gass 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 Reading Rilke Aloud?

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

What Reading Level is Reading Rilke?

Reading Rilke 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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