How Long to Read Select Works of Edmund Burke

How Long Does it Take to Read Select Works of Edmund Burke?

It takes the average reader 23 hours and 39 minutes to read Select Works of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke

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Burke has endured as the permanent manual of political wisdom without which statesmen are as sailors on an uncharted sea. -- Harold Laski Originally published by Oxford University Press in the 1890s, the famed Payne edition of Select Works of Burke is universally revered by students of English history and political thought. Volume 1 contains Burke's brilliant defense of the American colonists' complaints of British policy, including "Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents" (1770), "Speech on American Taxation" (1774), and "Speech on Conciliation" (1775). Volume 2 consists of Burke's renowned Reflections on the Revolution in France. Volume 3 presents Burke's Four Letters on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France--generally styled Letters on a Regicide Peace (1795-1796). The Letters, Payne believed, deserve to "rank even before [Burke's] Reflections, and to be called the writer's masterpiece." Faithfully reproduced in each volume are E. J. Payne's notes and introductory essays. Francis Canavan, one of the great Burke scholars of the twentieth century, has added forewords and a biographical note on Payne. In the companion volume, Miscellaneous Writings, Canavan has collected seven of Burke's major contributions to English political thinking on representation in Parliament, on economics, on the political oppression of the peoples of India and Ireland, and on the enslavement of African blacks. The volume concludes with a select bibliography on Edmund Burke. The volumes complement the Liberty Fund editions of Burke's A Vindication of Natural Society, edited by Frank N. Pagano, and Further Reflections on the Revolution in France, edited by Daniel E. Ritchie. Francis Canavan (1917-2009) was Professor of Political Science at Fordham University from 1966 until his retirement in 1988. Select Works of Edmund Burke: Volume I Select Works of Edmund Burke: Volume II Select Works of Edmund Burke: Volume III

How long is Select Works of Edmund Burke?

Select Works of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke is 1,403 pages long, and a total of 354,959 words.

This makes it 473% the length of the average book. It also has 434% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Select Works of Edmund Burke Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 32 hours and 19 minutes to read Select Works of Edmund Burke aloud.

What Reading Level is Select Works of Edmund Burke?

Select Works of Edmund Burke is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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