How Long to Read Straightforward

How Long Does it Take to Read Straightforward?

It takes the average reader 13 hours and 32 minutes to read Straightforward by Marcus Attwater

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

Description

When asked to name an archetypal love story, most people will reply 'Romeo & Juliet', although some say 'Tristan & Isolde' instead. Very few will come up with a classical example, and the reason for this is simple: when you say archetypal, it is assumed you mean love between a man and a woman, and instances of this in classical accounts are rare. The reason for this is also not hard to find: as it does now, 'love' in the ancient world meant the affection of equals, and given the inferior position of women in Greek and Roman society, between the sexes is not usually where love is to be found. Straightforward examines how we got from there to here. It is a study not of the loves of real people, but of the ideal of love as it found expression in stories, stories which were often retold and reimagined by new generations and new cultures. By following these stories and the changes they underwent through the centuries Straightforward attempts to answer two related questions: 'When and why did the heterosexual ideal become normative in our narrative tradition?' and 'What was there before?' We begin in archaic Greece, with a story which was already old when Homer composed his epics...

How long is Straightforward?

Straightforward by Marcus Attwater is 803 pages long, and a total of 203,159 words.

This makes it 271% the length of the average book. It also has 248% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Straightforward Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 18 hours and 30 minutes to read Straightforward aloud.

What Reading Level is Straightforward?

Straightforward 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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