How Long to Read The Elfin Knight: Book 2 of Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene'

How Long Does it Take to Read The Elfin Knight: Book 2 of Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene'?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 48 minutes to read The Elfin Knight: Book 2 of Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' by Toby Sumpter

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

Description

Edmund Spenser (1559-99) has earned the title "the poet's poet" because of the high poetry of his epic and because so many great poets, including Milton, Dryden, Tennyson, and Keats, cut their poetic teeth on The Faerie Queene. The hero of Book II is Sir Guyon, the knight of Temperance. But do not let that throw you. This is not a poem about teetotalism. As C.S. Lewis puts it, The Faerie Queene "demands of us a child's love of marvels and dread of bogies, a boy's thirst for adventures, a young man's passions for physical beauty." Toby Sumpter's modernization follows Roy Maynard's Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves, and includes similar notes that explain obscure vocabulary and references. Eat this book. Devour it. Read it and then reread it. Make its characters and adventures and lessons and images a part of your mental furniture. Be enchanted. Feed your hunger for fantasy. Exercise your faith. Test your judgment. Form your imagination. Enter Faerie Land.

How long is The Elfin Knight: Book 2 of Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene'?

The Elfin Knight: Book 2 of Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' by Toby Sumpter 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 Elfin Knight: Book 2 of Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 34 minutes to read The Elfin Knight: Book 2 of Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' aloud.

What Reading Level is The Elfin Knight: Book 2 of Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene'?

The Elfin Knight: Book 2 of Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' 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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