How Long to Read The Complete Plays of Jean Racine

How Long Does it Take to Read The Complete Plays of Jean Racine?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 26 minutes to read The Complete Plays of Jean Racine by Jean Baptiste Racine

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

Description

This is the second volume of a projected translation into English of all twelve of Jean Racine&’s plays&—only the third time such a project has been undertaken in the three hundred years since Racine&’s death. For this new translation, Geoffrey Alan Argent has taken a fresh approach: he has rendered these plays in rhymed &“heroic&” couplets. While Argent&’s translation is faithful to Racine&’s text and tone, his overriding intent has been to translate a work of French literature into a work of English literature, substituting for Racine&’s rhymed alexandrines (hexameters) the English mode of...

How long is The Complete Plays of Jean Racine?

The Complete Plays of Jean Racine by Jean Baptiste Racine is 144 pages long, and a total of 36,576 words.

This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 45% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Complete Plays of Jean Racine Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 19 minutes to read The Complete Plays of Jean Racine aloud.

What Reading Level is The Complete Plays of Jean Racine?

The Complete Plays of Jean Racine 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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