How Long to Read The Black Spider

How Long Does it Take to Read The Black Spider?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 1 minute to read The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf

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

Description

An NYRB Classics Original It is a sunny summer Sunday in a remote Swiss village, and a christening is being celebrated at a lovely old farmhouse. One of the guests notes an anomaly in the fabric of the venerable edifice: a blackened post that has been carefully built into a trim new window frame. Thereby hangs a tale, one that, as the wise old grandfather who has lived all his life in the house proceeds to tell it, takes one chilling turn after another, while his audience listens in appalled silence. Featuring a cruelly overbearing lord of the manor and the oppressed villagers who must render him service, an irreverent young woman who will stop at nothing, a mysterious stranger with a red beard and a green hat, and, last but not least, the black spider, the tale is as riveting and appalling today as when Jeremias Gotthelf set it down more than a hundred years ago. The Black Spider can be seen as a parable of evil in the heart or of evil at large in society (Thomas Mann saw it as foretelling the advent of Nazism), or as a vision, anticipating H. P. Lovecraft, of cosmic horror. There’s no question, in any case, that it is unforgettably creepy.

How long is The Black Spider?

The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf is 121 pages long, and a total of 30,371 words.

This makes it 41% the length of the average book. It also has 37% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Black Spider Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 45 minutes to read The Black Spider aloud.

What Reading Level is The Black Spider?

The Black Spider 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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