How Long to Read The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story
By Blanche H. Gelfant
How Long Does it Take to Read The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story?
It takes the average reader 15 hours and 59 minutes to read The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story by Blanche H. Gelfant
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Description
Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces on individual writers and their work, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Andre Debus, Zora Neal Hurston, Anne Beattie, Bharati Mukherjee, J. D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as engaging pieces on the promising new writers to come on the scene.
How long is The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story?
The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story by Blanche H. Gelfant is 952 pages long, and a total of 239,904 words.
This makes it 321% the length of the average book. It also has 293% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 21 hours and 50 minutes to read The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story aloud.
What Reading Level is The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story?
The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story 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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