How Long to Read The Ten Thousand Things

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ten Thousand Things?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read The Ten Thousand Things by Maria Dermout

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

Description

In Wild, Cheryl Strayed writes of The Ten Thousand Things: "Each of Dermoût’s sentences came at me like a soft knowing dagger, depicting a far-off land that felt to me like the blood of all the places I used to love.” And it's true, The Ten Thousand Things is at once novel of shimmering strangeness—and familiarity. It is the story of Felicia, who returns with her baby son from Holland to the Spice Islands of Indonesia, to the house and garden that were her birthplace, over which her powerful grandmother still presides. There Felicia finds herself wedded to an uncanny and dangerous world, full of mystery and violence, where objects tell tales, the dead come and go, and the past is as potent as the present. First published in Holland in 1955, Maria Dermoût's novel was immediately recognized as a magical work, like nothing else Dutch—or European—literature had seen before. The Ten Thousand Things is an entranced vision of a far-off place that is as convincingly real and intimate as it is exotic, a book that is at once a lament and an ecstatic ode to nature and life.

How long is The Ten Thousand Things?

The Ten Thousand Things by Maria Dermout is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ten Thousand Things Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read The Ten Thousand Things aloud.

What Reading Level is The Ten Thousand Things?

The Ten Thousand Things 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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