How Long to Read The Princess Hoppy, Or, The Tale of Labrador

How Long Does it Take to Read The Princess Hoppy, Or, The Tale of Labrador?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 32 minutes to read The Princess Hoppy, Or, The Tale of Labrador by Jacques Roubaud

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

Description

A postmodern fairy tale might best describe Jacques Roubaud's delightful book The Princess Hoppy or, The Tale of Labrador. How else to describe a novel that reads like an Arthurian romance as rewritten by Lewis Carroll, with enough math puzzles to keep the game reader busy with a calculator for months? The tale concerns a princess, her faithful dog (who happens to be a wiz at math), four royal uncles always plotting, four royal aunts always potting, a lovesick hedgehog named Bartleby, two camels named North Dakota and South Dakota, four ducks who double as boats (thus called doats), and an amphibious blue whale named Barbara--to name only a few. (Even the Sun has a speaking role.) There are dramatic abductions, daring rescues, passages in hitherto untranscribed languages (Dog, Grasshopper, Duck), tales of unrequited love, allegorical interludes, poems, a playlet, and much more. (But no suspenders, the author promises.) Finally, there are 79 questions for readers of the novel, to see how closely they've been paying attention--for ultimately The Princess Hoppy is a giddy inquiry into how we read literary works. It is both an old-fashioned tale and an ultramodern hypertext, the oldest and the latest thing in fiction.

How long is The Princess Hoppy, Or, The Tale of Labrador?

The Princess Hoppy, Or, The Tale of Labrador by Jacques Roubaud 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 Princess Hoppy, Or, The Tale of Labrador Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 28 minutes to read The Princess Hoppy, Or, The Tale of Labrador aloud.

What Reading Level is The Princess Hoppy, Or, The Tale of Labrador?

The Princess Hoppy, Or, The Tale of Labrador 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.

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