How Long to Read The Neon Bible

How Long Does it Take to Read The Neon Bible?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 3 minutes to read The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole

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

Description

“A moving evocation of the small-town South in the mid-twentieth century” that “belongs on the shelf with the works of Flannery O’Connor, Carson McCullers, and Eudora Welty” (Orlando Sentinel). John Kennedy Toole—who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling comic masterpiece A Confederacy of Dunces—wrote The Neon Bible for a literary contest at the age of sixteen. The manuscript languished in a drawer and became the subject of a legal battle among Toole’s heirs. It was only in 1989, thirty-five years after it was written and twenty years after Toole’s suicide at thirty-one, that...

How long is The Neon Bible?

The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole is 178 pages long, and a total of 45,924 words.

This makes it 60% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Neon Bible Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 10 minutes to read The Neon Bible aloud.

What Reading Level is The Neon Bible?

The Neon Bible 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.

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

Where Can I Buy The Neon Bible?

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