How Long to Read The Happy Prince and Other Tales Annotated

How Long Does it Take to Read The Happy Prince and Other Tales Annotated?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 5 minutes to read The Happy Prince and Other Tales Annotated by The Happy Prince and Other Tales Oscar

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

Description

The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories.In a town where there are a lot of poor people who suffer, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the wintmeets the statue of the late Happy Prince who in reality has never experienced true sorrow, for he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the gold leaf covering his body to give to the poor. As the winter comes and the Happy Prince is stripped of all of his beauty, his lead heart breaks when the swallow dies as a result of his selfless deeds and severe cold. The people, unaware of their good deeds, take the statue down from the pillar due to its shabbiness intending to replace it with one of the Mayor, and the metal melted in a furnace, leaving behind the broken heart and the dead swallow; they are thrown in a dust heap. These are taken up to heaven by an angel that has deemed them the two most precious things in the city. This is affirmed by God, and they live forever in his city of gold and garden of paradise.

How long is The Happy Prince and Other Tales Annotated?

The Happy Prince and Other Tales Annotated by The Happy Prince and Other Tales Oscar is 64 pages long, and a total of 16,256 words.

This makes it 22% the length of the average book. It also has 20% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Happy Prince and Other Tales Annotated Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 28 minutes to read The Happy Prince and Other Tales Annotated aloud.

What Reading Level is The Happy Prince and Other Tales Annotated?

The Happy Prince and Other Tales Annotated is suitable for students ages 8 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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