How Long to Read The Horizontal Man

How Long Does it Take to Read The Horizontal Man?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 30 minutes to read The Horizontal Man by Helen Eustis

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

Description

A philandering professor on the faculty of an Ivy League school is found murdered, setting off ripple effects of anxiety, suspicion, and panic in this Edgar Award-winning classic from 1946. The Horizontal Man was Helen Eustis's only crime novel, and she won an Edgar Award for it, combining a wildly disparate set of elements into an enduringly fascinating work. In its way it is a classical whodunit that stands comparison with old-school practitioners such as Agatha Christie or Dorothy Sayers. This mystery transpires in the rarefied precincts of the English department of a venerable New England college, one very much of the restless postwar moment, echoing with references to Freud and Kafka. Eustis finds comedy high and low in a cavalcade of characters bursting at the seams with repressed sexual longings and simmering malice. Beyond the satire, she stirs up--with a narrative whose multiple viewpoints give the book a striking modernistic edge--a troubling sense of the mental chaos lurking just beneath the civilized surfaces of her academic setting.

How long is The Horizontal Man?

The Horizontal Man by Helen Eustis is 319 pages long, and a total of 82,621 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Horizontal Man Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 31 minutes to read The Horizontal Man aloud.

What Reading Level is The Horizontal Man?

The Horizontal Man 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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