How Long to Read The Masochist

How Long Does it Take to Read The Masochist?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read The Masochist by Katja Perat

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

Description

On Christmas Eve 1874, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whom history would remember as the original and most famous masochist, left his home in Bruck an der Mur, Austria for the unknown. The novel surmises he didn't come back alone, but brought with him a new family member: a tiny red-haired baby girl he found abandoned in the forest. This is the memoir of Nadezhda Moser, the uneasily upper-class married woman this little girl becomes, a fictional character who forces her way amongst some of Central Europe's most influential historical personalities. Katja Perat's novel is a serio-comical fictional romp through the Habsburg Empire of the fin de siècle, beginning in 1874 Lemberg (present day Lviv/Lvov in Ukraine), continuing to Vienna, and ending in the Habsburg Adriatic seaport of Trieste in 1912. Along her way, the protagonist, the daughter of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch encounters luminaries of the Empire's cultural elite, including Gustav Klimt and his models Adele Bloch-Bauer and Emilie Flöge, Gustav and Alma Mahler, Sigmund Freud, Theodor Herzl, the Princess von Thurn und Taxis, Rainer Maria Rilke and others, in each case providing the reader with new, seemingly first-hand insights into these real-life individuals' characters and thought, not to mention the protagonist's own long and sometimes tortured personal development and emotional maturation. Its title notwithstanding, The Masochist is a delight and immensely rewarding to read: witty, energetic, erudite, profound, and all of a piece.

How long is The Masochist?

The Masochist by Katja Perat is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Masochist Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read The Masochist aloud.

What Reading Level is The Masochist?

The Masochist 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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