How Long to Read The Colossus

How Long Does it Take to Read The Colossus?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 38 minutes to read The Colossus by Sylvia Plath

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

Description

With this startling, exhilarating book of poems, which was first published in 1960, Sylvia Plath burst into literature with spectacular force. In such classics as "The Beekeeper's Daughter," "The Disquieting Muses," "I Want, I Want," and "Full Fathom Five," she writes about sows and skeletons, fathers and suicides, about the noisy imperatives of life and the chilly hunger for death. Graceful in their craftsmanship, wonderfully original in their imagery, and presenting layer after layer of meaning, the forty poems in The Colossus are early artifacts of genius that still possess the power to...

How long is The Colossus?

The Colossus by Sylvia Plath is 96 pages long, and a total of 24,576 words.

This makes it 32% the length of the average book. It also has 30% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Colossus Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 14 minutes to read The Colossus aloud.

What Reading Level is The Colossus?

The Colossus 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.

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