It takes the average reader 1 hour and 12 minutes to read The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This curious time-travel novella is a gracefully told lesson about accepting fate-or, as better suits this medieval Arabian setting, the will of Allah. A Baghdad merchant discovers an alchemical device that can send a traveler back in time 20 years. Despite the alchemist's warning that "what is made cannot be unmade," and three illustrative tales about others' attempts to alter the past, the merchant is determined to return to an earlier time to save his long-dead wife
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang is 72 pages long, and a total of 18,144 words.
This makes it 24% the length of the average book. It also has 22% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 39 minutes to read The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate aloud.
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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