How Long to Read Stealing Helen

How Long Does it Take to Read Stealing Helen?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 42 minutes to read Stealing Helen by Lowell Edmunds

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

Description

It's a familiar story: a beautiful woman is abducted and her husband journeys to recover her. This story’s best-known incarnation is also a central Greek myth—the abduction of Helen that led to the Trojan War. Stealing Helen surveys a vast range of folktales and texts exhibiting the story pattern of the abducted beautiful wife and makes a detailed comparison with the Helen of Troy myth. Lowell Edmunds shows that certain Sanskrit, Welsh, and Old Irish texts suggest there was an Indo-European story of the abducted wife before the Helen myth of the Iliad became known. Investigating Helen’s...

How long is Stealing Helen?

Stealing Helen by Lowell Edmunds is 448 pages long, and a total of 115,584 words.

This makes it 151% the length of the average book. It also has 141% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Stealing Helen Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 31 minutes to read Stealing Helen aloud.

What Reading Level is Stealing Helen?

Stealing Helen 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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