It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Why Fairy Tales Stick by Jack Zipes
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In his latest book, fairy tales expert Jack Zipes explores the question of why some fairy tales "work" and others don't, why the fairy tale is uniquely capable of getting under the skin of culture and staying there. Why, in other words, fairy tales "stick." Long an advocate of the fairy tale as a serious genre with wide social and cultural ramifications, Jack Zipes here makes his strongest case for the idea of the fairy tale not just as a collection of stories for children but a profoundly important genre. Why Fairy Tales Stick contains two chapters on the history and theory of the genre,...
Why Fairy Tales Stick by Jack Zipes is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.
This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Why Fairy Tales Stick aloud.
Why Fairy Tales Stick is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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