How Long to Read Suspiria de Profundis

How Long Does it Take to Read Suspiria de Profundis?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 41 minutes to read Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas De Quincey

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

Description

A legal and readily available painkiller in the nineteenth century, laudanum was a source of both pleasure and pain for author Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859). After achieving overnight success with Confessions of an English Opium Eater, an impassioned account of his struggles with addiction, the author wrote the hypnotic prose poems of Suspiria de Profundis ("Sighs from the Depths"). Like Confessions, these short essays combined drug-induced visions with thought-provoking reflections on the nature of dreams, memory, and imagination. With these books, De Quincey inaugurated the genre of addiction literature, a tradition furthered by Charles Baudelaire, William S. Burroughs, and a growing number of modern writers. Suspiria de Profundis continues to influence contemporary artists with the best known of its psychological fantasies, "Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow," which centers on myths related to the Roman goddess of childbirth and was the source for the classic 1977 horror film Suspiria and its 2018 remake.

How long is Suspiria de Profundis?

Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas De Quincey is 98 pages long, and a total of 25,284 words.

This makes it 33% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Suspiria de Profundis Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 18 minutes to read Suspiria de Profundis aloud.

What Reading Level is Suspiria de Profundis?

Suspiria de Profundis is suitable for students ages 10 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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