How Long to Read The Carnival and Other Stories

How Long Does it Take to Read The Carnival and Other Stories?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read The Carnival and Other Stories by Charles Beaumont

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

Description

Charles Beaumont was, in the words of Ray Bradbury, "a pomegranate writer" someone whose imagination burst with such creative seeds that it yielded a garden of rich and diverse work. The Carnival and Other Stories is a testament to the flowering of Beaumont's unique talents. Its twenty-six stories run the full gamut of his literary legacy, from his first professional sale, "The Devil You Say"--later an episode of The Twilight Zone, the series for which he was the second most prolific writer after Rod Serling--to "Beast of the Glacier," receiving its first publication here. The variety of themes and approaches that Beaumont tackled is on full display in this collection, from the ruminative science fiction of "Elegy" (another Twilight Zone adaptation) to the muted horror of "Mourning Song," and from the broad humor of "The Last Caper," a Mickey Spillane spoof, to the elegiac poignance of "Mass for Mixed Voices," a celebration of life distilled from a future steeped in death. Beaumont also wrote outside of the science fiction and horror genres where his work was best known and this volume collects three stories--"The Love Master," "Genevieve, My Genevieve," and "Dead You Know"--written for the men's magazine Rogue, which he contributed to at the same time he was selling some of his best fiction to Playboy. His excellence as a screenwriter is celebrated further in "Anthem," a story in script form. The variety of themes and approaches that Beaumont tackled is on full display in this collection, from the ruminative science fiction of "Elegy" (another Twilight Zone adaptation) to the muted horror of "Mourning Song," and from the broad humor of "The Last Caper," a Mickey Spillane spoof, to the elegiac poignance of "Mass for Mixed Voices," a celebration of life distilled from a future steeped in death. Beaumont also wrote outside of the science fiction and horror genres where his work was best known and this volume collects three stories--"The Love Master," "Genevieve, My Genevieve," and "Dead You Know"--written for the men's magazine Rogue, which he contributed to at the same time he was selling some of his best fiction to Playboy. His excellence as a screenwriter is celebrated further in "Anthem," a story in script form. Although written more than half a century ago, the stories gathered here are remarkably modern in their ideas. Beaumont grappled with themes such as the Holocaust ("The Man with the Crooked Nose") and the racism entrenched in justice system ("The Crimes of Willie Washington") at a time when few other writers did. The tales gathered for The Carnival and Other Stories are solid proof that Beaumont was more than a writer for his time: he was a writer for the ages.

How long is The Carnival and Other Stories?

The Carnival and Other Stories by Charles Beaumont is 392 pages long, and a total of 98,784 words.

This makes it 132% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Carnival and Other Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read The Carnival and Other Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is The Carnival and Other Stories?

The Carnival and Other Stories 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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