It takes the average reader 1 hour and 21 minutes to read The Apple That Astonished Paris by Billy Collins
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Bruce Weber in the New York Times called Billy Collins “the most popular poet in America.” He is the author of many books of poetry, including, most recently, The Rain in Portugal: Poems. In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collins’s The Apple That Astonished Paris, his “first real book of poems,” as he describes it in a new, delightful preface written expressly for this new printing to help celebrate both the Press’s twenty-fifth anniversary and this book, one of the Press’s all-time best sellers. In his usual witty and dry style, Collins writes, “I gathered together...
The Apple That Astonished Paris by Billy Collins is 79 pages long, and a total of 20,461 words.
This makes it 27% the length of the average book. It also has 25% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 51 minutes to read The Apple That Astonished Paris aloud.
The Apple That Astonished Paris is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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