How Long to Read The Last Puritan

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Puritan?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 30 minutes to read The Last Puritan by George Santayana

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

Description

A novel of of ideas, expressed in the birth, life, and early death of Oliver Alden. Published in 1935, George Santayana's The Last Puritan was the American philosopher's only novel. It became an instant best-seller, immediately linked in its painful voyage of self discovery to The Education of Henry Adams. It is essentially a novel of ideas, expressed in the birth, life, and early death of Oliver Alden.The Last Puritan is volume four in a new critical edition of The Works of George Santayana that restores Santayana's original text and provides important new scholarly information. Books in this series - the first complete publication of Santayana's works - include an editorial apparatus with notes to the text (identifying persons, places, and ideas), textual commentary (including a description of the composition and publication history, along with a discussion of editorial methods and decisions), discussions of adopted readings, lists of variants and emendations, and line-end hyphenations. Irving Singer's new introduction to this edition takes up Santayana's philosophical and artistic concerns, including issues of homosexuality raised by the depiction of the novel's two protagonists, Oliver and Mario, and of the relationship between Oliver and the rogue character Jim Darnley. In his thoughtful analysis Singer finds the term "homosexual novel" too reductionist and imprecise for what Santayana is trying to achieve. Singer brings to light the author's skillful and inventive methods for perceiving and interpreting reality, including ideal forms of friendship, and his success in exploring the pervasive moral problems that people face throughout their existence.

How long is The Last Puritan?

The Last Puritan by George Santayana is 630 pages long, and a total of 157,500 words.

This makes it 213% the length of the average book. It also has 192% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Puritan Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 20 minutes to read The Last Puritan aloud.

What Reading Level is The Last Puritan?

The Last Puritan 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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