How Long to Read The Captive Sun

How Long Does it Take to Read The Captive Sun?

It takes the average reader 8 hours to read The Captive Sun by Irena Karafilly

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

Description

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER IN GREECECalliope Adham is a schoolmistress in the Greek village of Molyvos when Hitler's army invades in 1941. Young and linguistically gifted, she is promptly recruited by the Germans, to work as their liaison officer. It is the beginning of a personal and national saga that will last well over thirty years.Calliope's wartime duties bring her into close contact with a Wehrmacht officer named Lieutenant Umbreit. Their improbable friendship blossoms despite Calliope's clandestine work for the Resistance, in a fishing village seething with dread and suspicion.Amid privation and death, village hostility finally erupts, but the bond between Calliope and Umbreit survives the Occupation, taking unforeseeable turns. Their relationship continues through several tumultuous decades, as Greece is ravaged by civil war, oppressed by military dictatorship, and finally liberated in the mid 1970s.The Captive Sun is a haunting novel, weaving the private and the historic into a vivid tapestry of Greek island life. An epic page-turner, it chronicles the story of an extraordinary woman and her lifelong struggle against social and political tyranny.

How long is The Captive Sun?

The Captive Sun by Irena Karafilly is 480 pages long, and a total of 120,000 words.

This makes it 162% the length of the average book. It also has 147% more words than the average book.

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

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 55 minutes to read The Captive Sun aloud.

What Reading Level is The Captive Sun?

The Captive Sun 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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