How Long to Read The Kalevala

How Long Does it Take to Read The Kalevala?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 54 minutes to read The Kalevala by Elias Lonnrot

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

Description

The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and the Odyssey, grew out of a rich oral tradition with prehistoric roots. During the first millennium of our era, speakers of Uralic languages (those outside the Indo-European group) who had settled in the Baltic region of Karelia, that straddles the border of eastern Finland and north-west Russia, developed an oral poetry that was to last into the nineteenth century. This poetry provided the basis of the Kalevala. It was assembled in the 1840s by the Finnish scholar Elias Lonnrot, who took dictation' from the performance of a folk...

How long is The Kalevala?

The Kalevala by Elias Lonnrot is 292 pages long, and a total of 73,584 words.

This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 90% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Kalevala Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 42 minutes to read The Kalevala aloud.

What Reading Level is The Kalevala?

The Kalevala 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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