How Long to Read The Adventurous Simplicissimus

How Long Does it Take to Read The Adventurous Simplicissimus?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read The Adventurous Simplicissimus by Hans Jacob Grimmelshausen

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

Description

The Adventurous Simplicissimus is a picaresque novel of the Baroque style, written in 1668 by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen and published the subsequent year. Inspired by the events and horrors of the Thirty Years' War which had devastated Germany from 1618 to 1648, it is regarded as the first adventure novel in the German language and the first German novel masterpiece. The full subtitle is "The life of an odd vagrant named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim: namely where and in what manner he came into this world, what he saw, learned, experienced, and endured therein; also why he again left it of his own free will." The novel follows a boy from the Spessart named Simplicius in the Holy Roman Empire during the 30 Years War as he grows up in the depraved environment and joins the armies of both warring sides, switching allegiances several times. Born to an illiterate peasant family, he is separated from his home by foraging dragoons and is eventually adopted by a forest hermit. He is conscripted at a young age into service, and from there embarks on years of foraging, military triumph, wealth, prostitution, disease, travels to Russia, and countless other adventures.

How long is The Adventurous Simplicissimus?

The Adventurous Simplicissimus by Hans Jacob Grimmelshausen is 242 pages long, and a total of 60,984 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 75% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Adventurous Simplicissimus Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 33 minutes to read The Adventurous Simplicissimus aloud.

What Reading Level is The Adventurous Simplicissimus?

The Adventurous Simplicissimus 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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