About This Book
In ancient Egypt, a pharaoh wants to dispense with a pyramid as his grave, but the priests convince him that building one is necessary to keep the populace busy and controlled. A political allegory by an Albanian writer, author of The Concert.
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4h 44m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 25m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 26m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 51,150 wordsπ
7 days at 30 min/day
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3 h 25 min
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3 h 47 min
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2 h 51 min
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