How Long to Read The Chain of Things

How Long Does it Take to Read The Chain of Things?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 14 minutes to read The Chain of Things by Eric Downing

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

Description

In The Chain of Things, Eric Downing shows how the connection between divinatory magic and reading shaped the experience of reading and aesthetics among nineteenth-century realists and modernist thinkers. He explores how writers, artists, and critics such as Gottfried Keller, Theodor Fontane, and Walter Benjamin drew on the ancient practice of divination, connecting the Greek idea of sympathetic magic to the German aesthetic concept of the attunement of mood and atmosphere. Downing deftly traces the genealogical connection between reading and art in classical antiquity, nineteenth-century...

How long is The Chain of Things?

The Chain of Things by Eric Downing is 366 pages long, and a total of 93,696 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 115% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Chain of Things Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 32 minutes to read The Chain of Things aloud.

What Reading Level is The Chain of Things?

The Chain of Things 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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