How Long to Read The Adolescent

How Long Does it Take to Read The Adolescent?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 37 minutes to read The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

Description

The illegitimate son of a landowner, Arkady Dolgoruky was raised by foster parents and tutors, and has scarcely ever seen his father, Versilov, and his mother, Versilov’s peasant common-law wife. Arkady goes to Petersburg to meet this “accidental family” and to confront the father who dominates his imagination and whom he both disdains and longs to impress. Having sewn into his coat a document that he believes gives him power over others, Arkady proceeds with an irrepressible youthful volatility that withstands blunders and humiliations at every turn. Dostoevsky masterfully depicts adolescence as a state of uncertainty, ignorance, and incompleteness, but also of richness and exuberance, in which everything is still possible. His tale of a youth finding his way in the disorder of Russian society in the 1870s is a high and serious comedy that borders on both farce and tragedy. The Adolescent (originally published in English as A Raw Youth) is markedly different in tone from Dostoevsky’s other masterpieces. It is told from the point of view of the nineteen-year-old narrator, whose immaturity, freshness, and naïveté are unforgettably reflected in his narrative voice. This superb new translation—never before published—of one of Dostoevsky’s major novels comes from the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.

How long is The Adolescent?

The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky is 625 pages long, and a total of 159,375 words.

This makes it 211% the length of the average book. It also has 195% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Adolescent Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 30 minutes to read The Adolescent aloud.

What Reading Level is The Adolescent?

The Adolescent 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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