How Long to Read The Women at the Pump

How Long Does it Take to Read The Women at the Pump?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read The Women at the Pump by Knut Hamsun

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

Description

In their gossiping at the pump the women express the poetry, the tawdriness and, above all, the sheer vitality of life in Hamsun's small coastal town. A birth (where did those brown eyes come from?); a marriage (shotgun?); a death in strange circumstances (the victim flattened by a barrel of whale oil); the up-and-down career of the town's leading citizen and philanderer; the elderly spinster's pregnancy; the sinking of the steamship that is the town's pride and joy. Above all, talk centres on the doings of Oliver Andersen and the large family that he and his wife contrive to create despite growing suspicions that his mysterious accident at sea has deprived him of more than a leg... The Women at the Pump overflows with a prodigality of invention and sardonic humour typical of Hamsun's work at its best. First published in 1920, the year Hamsun won the Nobel Prize for Literature, it has a universal quality that transcends time and place. Hamsun's women live on the Norwegian coast but their soulmates flourish in every small community around the world.

How long is The Women at the Pump?

The Women at the Pump by Knut Hamsun is 392 pages long, and a total of 98,784 words.

This makes it 132% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Women at the Pump Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read The Women at the Pump aloud.

What Reading Level is The Women at the Pump?

The Women at the Pump 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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