How Long to Read The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham

How Long Does it Take to Read The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 48 minutes to read The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham by Newell W. Sawyer

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

Description

In the two centuries between the first performance of The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the outbreak of the First World War, the stage provided an accurate mirror of the changing mores of English society. "High comedy," Newell W. Sawyer writes, "views man as a social animal in the midst of his fellows, with customs, conventions, and traditions of his own devising, and prods him gently or mockingly, as he stands confounded by that which he has made." The comedy of manners became, from its prototype, a dramatic category reflecting the life, thought, and manners of upper-class society, faithful to its traditions and philosophy, and as such offers an ideal medium for such a study as Professor Sawyer has here undertaken. The result is a book that is at once entertaining and serious, a study of two centuries of the British stage,

How long is The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham?

The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham by Newell W. Sawyer is 284 pages long, and a total of 72,136 words.

This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 34 minutes to read The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham aloud.

What Reading Level is The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham?

The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham 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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