Reading Level
What is the reading level of Williwaw: A Novel?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Williwaw: A Novel is 4th and 5th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Williwaw: A Novel
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 3 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 6 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 5 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 6 |
Reading Time
3 hrs 27 mins
How long to read Williwaw: A Novel?
The estimated word count of Williwaw: A Novel is 51,615 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 3 hrs 27 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 45 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 55 mins.
| Williwaw: A Novel - 51,615 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 5 hrs 45 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 3 hrs 27 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 55 mins |
- Authors
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Gore Vidal
More about Williwaw: A Novel
51,615 words
Word Count
for Williwaw: A Novel
222 pages
Pages
5 hours and 33 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
VG/-, 1st edn, 1st book. This is a tight, well-crafted novel. The dialogue is sharp and the description of the barren Aleutians vivid. The storm passages feel dramatically real. Vidal served as a first mate on an Army supply ship in the Aleutians towards the end of the war, and points out that military censorship required him to change place names (Dutch Harbor, for example, becomes Holland Harbor in the book). He also takes a characteristic swipe at purveyors of idle "book-chat" who mistakenly called the book "Hemingwayesque". Stephen Crane was an influence on the young writer but the wry, worldly, narrative voice, which has echoed down the decades, is entirely his.