How Long to Read The Ubu Plays

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ubu Plays?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 46 minutes to read The Ubu Plays by Alfred Jarry

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

Description

Drama Classics: the World's Great Plays at a Great little Price Alfred Jarry's trilogy of plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu, satirising power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. The Ubu Plays (King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu and Slave Ubu) caused scandal when they first appeared in Paris in the 1890s, with their surreal and frequently obscene energy, and their broad parodies of Shakespeare. They have since acquired cult status in European drama, and are seen by some as harbingers of modernism. In King Ubu (Ubu roi, first performed in Paris in 1896), Pa Ubu is a cowardly hanger-on at...

How long is The Ubu Plays?

The Ubu Plays by Alfred Jarry is 164 pages long, and a total of 41,656 words.

This makes it 55% the length of the average book. It also has 51% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ubu Plays Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 47 minutes to read The Ubu Plays aloud.

What Reading Level is The Ubu Plays?

The Ubu Plays 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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