How Long to Read The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray

How Long Does it Take to Read The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 38 minutes to read The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray by Jorge Amado

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

Description

A Penguin Classic Widely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the twentieth century, The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray comes to Penguin Classics in a new translation by the dean of Portuguese-language translators, Gregory Rabassa. It tells the story of Joaquim Soares da Cunha, who drops dead after he abandons his life of upstanding citizenship to assume the identity of Quincas Water-Bray, a “champion drunk” and bum who is whisked along on a postmortem journey that climaxes in his loss at sea. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher...

How long is The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray?

The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray by Jorge Amado 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 Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 14 minutes to read The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray aloud.

What Reading Level is The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray?

The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray 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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