How Long to Read The Salt Smugglers

How Long Does it Take to Read The Salt Smugglers?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 31 minutes to read The Salt Smugglers by Gerard de Nerval

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

Description

First published as a feuilleton in a left-wing newspaper in 1850, The Salt Smugglers provides a political satire of the waning days of France’s short-lived Second Republic. With nods to Diderot and Sterne, this shaggy-dog story deals less with contraband salt smugglers than with the subversive power of fiction to transgress legal and esthetic boundaries. By writing what he claimed was a purely documentary account of his picaresque adventures in search of an elusive book recording the true history of a certain seventeenth-century swashbuckler, Nerval sought to deride the press censors of the...

How long is The Salt Smugglers?

The Salt Smugglers by Gerard de Nerval is 147 pages long, and a total of 37,779 words.

This makes it 50% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Salt Smugglers Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 26 minutes to read The Salt Smugglers aloud.

What Reading Level is The Salt Smugglers?

The Salt Smugglers 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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