Nathan der Weise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Published 1993 · 44,000 words · about 2 hours at an average pace
How hard is Nathan der Weise to read?
Nathan der Weise scores 16 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it relatively accessible. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
Where the story of Nathan der Weise takes place
- Jerusalem, Third Crusade era (~1187–1192) (1187 to 1192), the main setting