How Long to Read The World Is What It Is

By Patrick French

How Long Does it Take to Read The World Is What It Is?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 3 minutes to read The World Is What It Is by Patrick French

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

Description

The first major biography of V.S. Naipaul, the controversial and enigmatic Nobel laureate: a stunning writer whose only stated ambition was greatness, in pursuit of which goal nothing else was sacred. Beginning in rich detail in Trinidad, where Naipaul was born into an Indian family, Patrick French skillfully examines Naipaul’s life within a displaced community and his fierce ambition at school. He describes how, on scholarship at Oxford, homesickness and depression struck with great force; the ways in which Naipaul’s first wife helped him to cope and their otherwise fraught marriage; and...

How long is The World Is What It Is?

The World Is What It Is by Patrick French is 587 pages long, and a total of 150,859 words.

This makes it 198% the length of the average book. It also has 184% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The World Is What It Is Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 44 minutes to read The World Is What It Is aloud.

What Reading Level is The World Is What It Is?

The World Is What It Is 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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