It takes the average reader 10 hours and 10 minutes to read The Greek Plays (Large Print 16pt) by Ellen McLaughlin
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This chilling passage is from Ellen McLaughlin's new adaptation of The Persians by Aeschylus, the earliest surviving play in Western literature, an elegy for a fallen civi-lization and a warning to its new conqueror. As Margo Jefferson wrote in the New York Times, ''the play is a true classic: we see the present and the future right there, inside the past. And when writers give us a 'new version' (a translation or adaptation) of a classic, they both serve and use it. They serve the playwright's gifts by refusing to simplify. But they can't just imitate. Every age has its own rhythms and...
The Greek Plays (Large Print 16pt) by Ellen McLaughlin is 596 pages long, and a total of 152,576 words.
This makes it 201% the length of the average book. It also has 186% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 53 minutes to read The Greek Plays (Large Print 16pt) aloud.
The Greek Plays (Large Print 16pt) 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.
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