How Long to Read Tales of the Fays

How Long Does it Take to Read Tales of the Fays?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 48 minutes to read Tales of the Fays by Marie-Catherine D'Aulnoy

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

Description

This two-volume collection assembles all the known tales of the fays published by Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baronne d'Aulnoy (1651-1705). From the early 1690s onwards, Madame d'Aulnoy was an active member of a literary salon where she and the Comtesse de Murat became the most prolific contributors to the new genre of the contes de fees, which they helped invent, shape and develop. Like almost all of the other members of her coterie, she became a renegade female aristocrat writing tales for the select consumption of other renegade female aristocrats about a world the corrupt glamour of which they understood only too well, with a depth of sarcasm that the innocent could not be expected to comprehend. One should regard Madame d'Aulnoy and the Comtesse de Murat as significant writers of Decadent fantasy, and one wonders what they might have done had they been allowed to continue with their work. Given that both had extraordinary imaginative range, it is hard to imagine that they would have run out of inspiration, had they not been violently stopped in their tracks. We have to be grateful that they contrived to publish as much as they did during their brief window of opportunity, leaving behind fugitive material that could be recovered once the worst of the repression had blown over. Considered separately Madame d'Aulnoy and the Comtesse de Murat were great writers of imaginative fiction, but as a competitive collective, they are unique in literary history, and it is as part of that collective endeavor that Madame d'Aulnoy is fully entitled to her classic status today.

How long is Tales of the Fays?

Tales of the Fays by Marie-Catherine D'Aulnoy is 516 pages long, and a total of 132,096 words.

This makes it 174% the length of the average book. It also has 161% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Tales of the Fays Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 1 minute to read Tales of the Fays aloud.

What Reading Level is Tales of the Fays?

Tales of the Fays 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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