How Long to Read The Portable Chaucer

How Long Does it Take to Read The Portable Chaucer?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 33 minutes to read The Portable Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer

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

Description

In the fourteenth century Geoffrey Chaucer, who served three kings as a customs official and special envoy, virtually invented English poetry. He did so by wedding the language of common speech to metrical verse, creating a medium that could accommodate tales of courtly romance, bawdy fabliaux, astute psychological portraiture, dramatic monologues, moral allegories, and its author’s astonishing learning in fields from philosophy to medicine and astrology. Chaucer’s accomplishment is unequalled by any poet before Shakespeare and—in The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Cressida—ranks with that...

How long is The Portable Chaucer?

The Portable Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer is 624 pages long, and a total of 158,496 words.

This makes it 211% the length of the average book. It also has 194% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Portable Chaucer Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 26 minutes to read The Portable Chaucer aloud.

What Reading Level is The Portable Chaucer?

The Portable Chaucer 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.

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

Where Can I Buy The Portable Chaucer?

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