It takes the average reader 6 hours and 1 minute to read The Folding Cliffs by W. S. Merwin
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From a major American poet -- a thrilling story, in verse, of nineteenth-century Hawaii. The story of an attempt by the government to seize and constrain possible victims of leprosy and the determination of one small family not to be taken. A tale of the perils and glories of their flight into the wilds of the island of Kauai, pursued by a gunboat full of soldiers. A brilliant capturing -- inspired by the poet's respect for the people of these islands -- of their life, their history, the gods and goddesses of their mythic past. A somber revelation of the wrecking of their culture through the...
The Folding Cliffs by W. S. Merwin is 349 pages long, and a total of 90,391 words.
This makes it 118% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 13 minutes to read The Folding Cliffs aloud.
The Folding Cliffs is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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