How Long to Read The Best British Short Stories of 1922

How Long Does it Take to Read The Best British Short Stories of 1922?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 35 minutes to read The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Edward J. O'Biren

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

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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - When Edward J. O'Brien asked me to cooperate with him in choosing each year's best English short stories, to be published as a companion volume to his annual selection of the best American short stories, I had not realized that at the end of my arduous task, which has involved the reading of many hundreds of stories in the English magazines of an entire year, I should find myself asking the simple question: What is a short story? I do not suppose that a hundred years ago such a question could have occurred to any one. Then all that a story was and could be was implied in the simple phrase: "Tell me a story...." We all know what that means. How many stories published today would stand this simple if final test of being told by word of mouth? I doubt whether fifty per cent would. Surely the universality of the printing press and the linotype machine have done something to alter the character of literature, just as the train and the telephone have done not a little to abolish polite correspondence. Most stories of today are to be read, not told. Hence great importance must be attached to the manner of writing; in some instances, the whole effect of a modern tale is dependent on the manner of presentation. Henry James is, possibly, an extreme example.

How long is The Best British Short Stories of 1922?

The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Edward J. O'Biren is 452 pages long, and a total of 113,904 words.

This makes it 153% the length of the average book. It also has 139% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 22 minutes to read The Best British Short Stories of 1922 aloud.

What Reading Level is The Best British Short Stories of 1922?

The Best British Short Stories of 1922 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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