How Long to Read The Hour of Our Death

How Long Does it Take to Read The Hour of Our Death?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 53 minutes to read The Hour of Our Death by Philippe Ariès

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

Description

In this enduring classic, cultural historian Philippe Ariès brings death out of the shadows and into history's mainstream. He explores how over the last millennium the response to death and dying has changed dramatically in Europe, Western Russia, and America, sometimes initiating, sometimes reflecting social shifts and progress. Under Ariès's incisive scrutiny, Church observances, pilgrimage and penance, and folk beliefs spring into high relief. Archaic funeral ceremonies, the architecture of tombs, and images of the deceased in stone or paint regain often lost meanings; the liber vitae, the artes moriendi, and the danse macabre are stripped of mystery, and their purpose and power made plain. Through a rich array of journals and letters from all periods and classes, as well as religious and secular literature from Dante to Tolstoy and Twain, Aries demonstrates society's concern for reassurance against the finality of death and the individual's search for consolation. Ariès brilliantly analyzes death in the contemporary world in which the hospital, suburban chapel, and crematorium have replaced the bedside, priest, and wake. As his richly documented, finely illustrated, and engagingly written masterpiece confirms, death and dying have inspired much of the literature of--and art that forms--our cultural heritage.--From publisher description.

How long is The Hour of Our Death?

The Hour of Our Death by Philippe Ariès is 651 pages long, and a total of 163,401 words.

This makes it 220% the length of the average book. It also has 200% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Hour of Our Death Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 52 minutes to read The Hour of Our Death aloud.

What Reading Level is The Hour of Our Death?

The Hour of Our Death 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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