How Long to Read The Pat Hobby Stories

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pat Hobby Stories?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 32 minutes to read The Pat Hobby Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

Description

The setting: Hollywood: the character: Pat Hobby, a down-and-out screenwriter trying to break back into show business, but having better luck getting into bars. Written between 1939 and 1940, when F. Scott Fitzgerald was working for Universal Studios, the seventeen Pat Hobby stories were first published in Esquire magazine and present a bitterly humorous portrait of a once-successful writer who becomes a forgotten hack on a Hollywood lot. "This was not art" Pat Hobby often said, "this was an industry" where whom "you sat with at lunch was more important than what you dictated in your office."...

How long is The Pat Hobby Stories?

The Pat Hobby Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald is 148 pages long, and a total of 38,184 words.

This makes it 50% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pat Hobby Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 28 minutes to read The Pat Hobby Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is The Pat Hobby Stories?

The Pat Hobby Stories 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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