It takes the average reader 2 hours and 20 minutes to read The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1934 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The People of the Black Circle' is a novella in the Conan series where he kidnaps a princess and foils the plot of evil magicians. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard is 140 pages long, and a total of 35,000 words.
This makes it 47% the length of the average book. It also has 43% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 11 minutes to read The People of the Black Circle aloud.
The People of the Black Circle is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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