It takes the average reader 5 hours and 34 minutes to read Shakespeare in Shorthand by Adele Davidson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The year 2008 marks the four hundredth anniversary of the first publication of King Lear, and for four centuries the play has remained a consummate bibliographical mystery. Winner of the 2007 Jay L. Halio prize for best manuscript in Shakespeare studies, Shakespeare in Shorthand demonstrates that many textual anomalies derive from the play's transcription in Elizabethan shorthand. The shorthand system of John Willis, Stenographie (1602), shows a high correlation with the unusual textual features found in the first quarto of Lear (1608). The patterns of variants in the quarto conform to...
Shakespeare in Shorthand by Adele Davidson is 332 pages long, and a total of 83,664 words.
This makes it 112% the length of the average book. It also has 102% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 37 minutes to read Shakespeare in Shorthand aloud.
Shakespeare in Shorthand 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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