Reading Level
What is the reading level of Essays One?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Essays One is 12th and 13th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Essays One
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 10 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 12 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 9 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 8 |
Reading Time
8 hrs 49 mins
How long to read Essays One?
The estimated word count of Essays One is 132,215 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 8 hrs 49 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 14 hrs 42 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 4 hrs 54 mins.
| Essays One - 132,215 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 14 hrs 42 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 8 hrs 49 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 4 hrs 54 mins |
- Authors
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Lydia Davis
More about Essays One
132,215 words
Word Count
for Essays One
528 pages
Pages
14 hours and 13 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
A selection of essays on writing and reading by the master short-fiction writer Lydia DavisLydia Davis is a writer whose originality, influence, and wit are beyond compare. Jonathan Franzen has called her “a magician of self-consciousness,” while Rick Moody hails her as "the best prose stylist in America." And for Claire Messud, “Davis's signal gift is to make us feel alive.” Best known for her masterful short stories and translations, Davis’s gifts extend equally to her nonfiction. In Essays One, Davis has, for the first time, gathered a selection of essays, commentaries, and lectures composed over the past five decades. In this first of two volumes, her subjects range from her earliest influences to her favorite short stories, from John Ashbery’s translation of Rimbaud to Alan Cote’s painting, and from the Shepherd’s Psalm to early tourist photographs. On display is the development and range of one of the sharpest, most capacious minds writing today.