How Long to Read The Nightwatches of Bonaventura

How Long Does it Take to Read The Nightwatches of Bonaventura?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 32 minutes to read The Nightwatches of Bonaventura by Gerald Bonaventura

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

Description

First published in German in 1804, under the nom de plume “Bonaventura,” The Nightwatches of Bonaventura is a dark, twisted, and comic novel, one part Poe and one part Beckett. The narrator and antihero is not Bonaventura but a night watchman named Kreuzgang, a failed poet, actor, and puppeteer who claims to be the spawn of the devil himself. As a night watchman, Kreuzgang takes voyeuristic pleasure in spying on the follies of his fellow citizens, and every night he makes his rounds and stops to peer into a window or door, where he observes framed scenes of murder, despair, theft, romance, and other private activities. In his reactions, Kreuzgang is cynical and pessimistic, yet not without humor. For him, life is a grotesque, macabre, and base joke played by a mechanical and heartless force. Since its publication, fans have speculated on the novel’s authorship, and it is now believed to be by theater director August Klingemann, who first staged Goethe’s Faust. Organized into sixteen separate nightwatches, the sordid scenes glimpsed through parted curtains, framed by door chinks, and lit by candles and shadows anticipate the cinematic. A cross between the gothic and the romantic, The Nightwatches of Bonaventura is brilliant in its perverse intensity, presenting an inventory of human despair and disgust through the eyes of a bitter, sardonic watcher who draws laughter from tragedy. Translated by Gerald Gillespie, who supplies a fresh introduction, The Nightwatches of Bonaventura will be welcomed by a new generation of English-language fans eager to sample the night’s dark offerings.

How long is The Nightwatches of Bonaventura?

The Nightwatches of Bonaventura by Gerald Bonaventura is 207 pages long, and a total of 53,199 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Nightwatches of Bonaventura Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 50 minutes to read The Nightwatches of Bonaventura aloud.

What Reading Level is The Nightwatches of Bonaventura?

The Nightwatches of Bonaventura 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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