It takes the average reader and 53 minutes to read Three Chinese Poets by Vikram Seth
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The three Chinese poets translated here are among the greatest literary figures of China, or indeed the world. Wang Wei with his quiet love of nature and Buddhist philosophy; Li Bai, the Taoist spirit, with his wild, flamboyant paeans to wine and the moon; and Du Fu, with his Confucian sense of sympathy with the suffering of others in a time of civil war and collapse. These three poets of a single generation, responding differently to their common times, crystallise the immense variety of China and the Chinese poetic tradition and, across a distance of twelve hundred years, move the reader as...
Three Chinese Poets by Vikram Seth is 53 pages long, and a total of 13,409 words.
This makes it 18% the length of the average book. It also has 16% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 13 minutes to read Three Chinese Poets aloud.
Three Chinese Poets is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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