About This Book
The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G. K. Chesterton about the idealised exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911. Written in ballad form, the work has been described as one of the last great traditional epic poems ever written in the English language. The poem narrates...
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Reading Time Estimates
2h 48m
slow reader
180 WPM
2h 1m
average reader
250 WPM
1h 26m
fast reader
350 WPM
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2 h 1 min
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Audiobook (1.5x)
2 h 14 min
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3 h 22 min
Audio 2x
1 h 41 min
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