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Babel
Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution is a 2022 novel of speculative fiction by R. F. Kuang set in a fantastical version of Oxford in 1830s England (the story concludes in 1840). Babel is set in an alternative reality in which Britain's global economic and colonial supremacy are fueled by the use of magical silver bars.
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bookindividual200,340 words
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Focused readingCalculated from the labeled estimated word count.13h 22m
Comfortable readingCalculated from the labeled estimated word count.16h 42m
Reflective / study readingCalculated from the labeled estimated word count.20h 53m
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