How Long to Read The Ancient Shore

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ancient Shore?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 26 minutes to read The Ancient Shore by Shirley Hazzard

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

Description

Born in Australia, Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair with the city. The Ancient Shore collects the best of Hazzard’s writings on Naples, along with a classic New Yorker essay by her late husband, Francis Steegmuller. For the pair, both insatiable readers, the Naples of Pliny, Gibbon, and Auden is constantly alive to them in the present. With Hazzard as our guide, we encounter Henry James, Oscar Wilde, and of course Goethe, but Hazzard’s concern is primarily with the Naples of...

How long is The Ancient Shore?

The Ancient Shore by Shirley Hazzard is 144 pages long, and a total of 36,576 words.

This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 45% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ancient Shore Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 19 minutes to read The Ancient Shore aloud.

What Reading Level is The Ancient Shore?

The Ancient Shore 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.

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

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