How Long to Read The Symphonies

How Long Does it Take to Read The Symphonies?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 17 minutes to read The Symphonies by Andrei Bely

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

Description

Andrei Bely is best known for the modernist masterwork Petersburg, a paradigmatic example of how modern writers strove to evoke the fragmentation of language, narrative, and consciousness. In the early twentieth century, Bely embarked on his life as an artist with texts he called “symphonies”—works experimenting with genre and sound, written in a style that shifts among prosaic, poetic, and musical. This book presents Bely’s four Symphonies—“Dramatic Symphony,” “Northern Symphony,” “The Return,” and “Goblet of Blizzards”—fantastically strange stories that capture the banality of life, the intimacy of love, and the enchantment of art. The Symphonies are quintessential works of modernist innovation in which Bely developed an evocative mythology and distinctive aesthetics. Influenced by Russian Symbolism, Bely believed that the role of modern artists was to imbue seemingly small details with cosmic significance. The Symphonies depict the drabness of daily life with distinct irony and satire—and then soar out of turn-of-the-century Moscow into the realm of the infinite and eternal. They conjure worlds that resemble our own but reveal elements of artifice and magic, hinting at mystical truths and the complete transfiguration of life. Showcasing the protean quality of Bely’s language and storytelling, Jonathan Stone’s translation of the Symphonies features some of the most captivating and beguiling writing of Russia’s Silver Age.

How long is The Symphonies?

The Symphonies by Andrei Bely is 605 pages long, and a total of 154,275 words.

This makes it 204% the length of the average book. It also has 189% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Symphonies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 3 minutes to read The Symphonies aloud.

What Reading Level is The Symphonies?

The Symphonies 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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