How Long to Read The Self-portrait of a Literary Biographer

How Long Does it Take to Read The Self-portrait of a Literary Biographer?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 18 minutes to read The Self-portrait of a Literary Biographer by Joan Givner

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

Description

Tough-minded, witty, and refreshingly candid, this book represents a biographer's journey into autobiography. Joan Givner, best known for her controversial study Katherine Anne Porter: A Life, has written an unconventional but thoroughly compelling memoir in which the rational is played against the intuitive, the public against the private, the present against the past. Givner rejects a conventional chronological narrative in favor of a series of numbered vignettes linked by a kind of free association. Reading the book is akin to turning a kaleidoscope: with each reconfiguring of elements,...

How long is The Self-portrait of a Literary Biographer?

The Self-portrait of a Literary Biographer by Joan Givner is 195 pages long, and a total of 49,725 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Self-portrait of a Literary Biographer Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 31 minutes to read The Self-portrait of a Literary Biographer aloud.

What Reading Level is The Self-portrait of a Literary Biographer?

The Self-portrait of a Literary Biographer 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.

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