How Long to Read Venice West

How Long Does it Take to Read Venice West?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Venice West by John Arthur Maynard

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

Description

In this fascinating book, John Arthur Maynard tells the story of the poets and promoters who invented the Beat Generation and who, in many cases, destroyed themselves in the process. In this look at the least remembered (but in its time, most publicized) beat enclave, Maynard focuses on two of Venice's most newsworthy residentsÐÐLawrence Lipton and Stuart Z. Perkoff. Lipton began as a writer of popular detective stories and screenplays, but was determined to be recognized as a poet and social critic. He eventually published The Holy Barbarians, which helped to create the enduring public image of the beatnik. Stuart Perkoff was a more gifted poet; with fascination and horror, we follow his failed attempts to support his family, his heroin addiction, his first wive's courage and mental fragility, his sexual entanglements, his imprisonment, and the development of his own writing. Other characters who move in and out of the story are Kenneth Rexroth, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, as well as lesser-known poets, artists, hangers-on, and the many women who were rarely treated as full members of the community.

How long is Venice West?

Venice West by John Arthur Maynard is 262 pages long, and a total of 66,024 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Venice West Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours to read Venice West aloud.

What Reading Level is Venice West?

Venice West 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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