How Long to Read Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet
By Philip Freeman
How Long Does it Take to Read Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet?
It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet by Philip Freeman
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Description
An exploration of the fascinating poetry, life, and world of Sappho, including a complete translation of all her poems. For more than twenty-five centuries, all that the world knew of the poems of Sappho—the first woman writer in literary history—were a few brief quotations preserved by ancient male authors. Yet those meager remains showed such power and genius that they captured the imagination of readers through the ages. But within the last century, dozens of new pieces of her poetry have been found written on crumbling papyrus or carved on broken pottery buried in the sands of Egypt. As...
How long is Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet?
Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet by Philip Freeman is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet aloud.
What Reading Level is Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet?
Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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