Reading Level
What is the reading level of The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio is 11th and 12th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 11 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 9 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 7 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 6 |
Reading Time
2 hrs 9 mins
How long to read The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio?
The estimated word count of The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio is 32,085 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 2 hrs 9 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 34 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 12 mins.
| The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio - 32,085 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 3 hrs 34 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 2 hrs 9 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 12 mins |
- Authors
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Dante Alighieri
More about The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio
32,085 words
Word Count
for The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio
232 pages
Pages
3 hours and 27 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece is a visionary journey that takes readers through the torment of Hell. This second part of Dante’s Divine Comedy is a lot of things: a moving human drama, a magnificent protest against the ways in which men have thwarted the divine plan. An incredible path through the choices of every human being. It represents allegorically the prosecution of the soul's journey towards God. At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy. The Purgatorio tells the journey of Dante through Purgatory, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Purgatory is depicted as twelve concentric circles of human choices and it is divided into seven frames, in which the seven deadly sins expiate: pride, envy, anger, sloth, avarice, gluttony, lust. It is created specularly to Hell; it is the place where Dante Path, differently than the Hell goes from the most serious to the slightest sin.