How Long to Read The Saga of Gosta Berling

How Long Does it Take to Read The Saga of Gosta Berling?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 22 minutes to read The Saga of Gosta Berling by Selma Lagerlof

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

Description

The first new English translation in more than one hundred years of the Swedish Gone with the Wind A Penguin Classic In 1909, Selma Lagerlöf became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Saga of Gösta Berling is her first and best-loved novel—and the basis for the 1924 silent film of the same name that launched Greta Garbo into stardom. A defrocked minister, Gösta Berling finds a home at Ekeby, an ironworks estate that also houses and assortment of eccentric veterans of the Napoleanic Wars. His defiant and poetic spirit proves magnetic to a string of women, who fall under his spell in this sweeping historical epic set against the backdrop of the magnificent wintry beauty of rural Sweden. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

How long is The Saga of Gosta Berling?

The Saga of Gosta Berling by Selma Lagerlof is 381 pages long, and a total of 95,631 words.

This makes it 129% the length of the average book. It also has 117% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Saga of Gosta Berling Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 42 minutes to read The Saga of Gosta Berling aloud.

What Reading Level is The Saga of Gosta Berling?

The Saga of Gosta Berling 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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