How Long to Read Visions of Excess

How Long Does it Take to Read Visions of Excess?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 32 minutes to read Visions of Excess by Georges Bataille

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

Description

Since the publication of Visions of Excess in 1985, there has been an explosion of interest in the work of Georges Bataille. The French surrealist continues to be important for his groundbreaking focus on the visceral, the erotic, and the relation of society to the primeval. This collection of prewar writings remains the volume in which Batailles’s positions are most clearly, forcefully, and obsessively put forward.This book challenges the notion of a “closed economy” predicated on utility, production, and rational consumption, and develops an alternative theory that takes into account the...

How long is Visions of Excess?

Visions of Excess by Georges Bataille is 271 pages long, and a total of 68,021 words.

This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Visions of Excess Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 11 minutes to read Visions of Excess aloud.

What Reading Level is Visions of Excess?

Visions of Excess 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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