How Long to Read The Algerine Captive

How Long Does it Take to Read The Algerine Captive?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read The Algerine Captive by Royall Tyler

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

Description

A predecessor of both the nativist humor of Mark Twain and the exotic adventure stories of Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Richard Dana, Royall Tyler’s The Algerine Captive is an entertaining romp through eighteenth-century society, a satiric look at a variety of American types, from the backwoods schoolmaster to the southern gentleman, and a serious exposé of the horrors of the slave trade. “In stylistic purity and the clarity with which Tyler investigates and dramatizes American manners,” the critic Jack B. Moore has noted, The Algerine Captive “stands alone in our earliest...

How long is The Algerine Captive?

The Algerine Captive by Royall Tyler is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Algerine Captive Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read The Algerine Captive aloud.

What Reading Level is The Algerine Captive?

The Algerine Captive 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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