How Long to Read The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare

How Long Does it Take to Read The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 49 minutes to read The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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

Description

The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a tragic comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for Shylock and the famous 'pound of flesh' speech.The title character is the merchant Antonio, not the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who is the play's most prominent and most famous character. This is made explicit by the title page of the first quarto: The mot excellent Hitorie of the Merchant of Venice. With the extreame crueltie of Shylock the Iewe towards the ayd Merchant, in cutting a iut pound of his fleh: and the obtayning of Portia by the choye of three chets.

How long is The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare?

The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare is 107 pages long, and a total of 27,499 words.

This makes it 36% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 30 minutes to read The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare aloud.

What Reading Level is The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare?

The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare is suitable for students ages 10 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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