How Long to Read The Dark Landscape of Modern Fiction

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dark Landscape of Modern Fiction?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read The Dark Landscape of Modern Fiction by Patrick Reilly

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

Description

This title was first published in 2003. This text explores the "dark, pessimistic truth that pervades the pages of modern texts", setting a theme of Dante's "Inferno" against the work of modern authors including Dostoyevsky, Hardy, Conrad, Wharton, Kafka, Camus, Waugh and Flannery O'Connor. The author's thesis is that these writers exhibit a hostility towards the reader, an anger that the reader should continue to be so deludedly happy when the writer has become so mortifyingly enlightened. At its most characteristic, Reilly demonstrates, modern fiction seems to achieve a savage satisfaction...

How long is The Dark Landscape of Modern Fiction?

The Dark Landscape of Modern Fiction by Patrick Reilly is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dark Landscape of Modern Fiction Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read The Dark Landscape of Modern Fiction aloud.

What Reading Level is The Dark Landscape of Modern Fiction?

The Dark Landscape of Modern Fiction 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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