It takes the average reader 10 hours to read The Works of John Dryden, Volume XII by John Dryden
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The three plays in this volume, composed between 1672 or 1673 and 1675, demonstrate Dryden's versatility and inventiveness as a dramatist. Amboyna, a tragedy written to stir the English to prosecute the Third Dutch War, describes the destruction by the Dutch of English trading posts on two Indonesian islands. Regarded in its time as sensationalist, it is really a dignified drama that decries violence. The State of Innocence, termed an opera, is a rhymed version of Milton's Paradise Lost. Though never performed or set to music, it became one of Dryden's most widely read dramas. Aureng-Zebe,...
The Works of John Dryden, Volume XII by John Dryden is 586 pages long, and a total of 150,016 words.
This makes it 198% the length of the average book. It also has 183% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 39 minutes to read The Works of John Dryden, Volume XII aloud.
The Works of John Dryden, Volume XII is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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