How Long to Read A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance

How Long Does it Take to Read A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 13 minutes to read A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

It has been said that any man, no matter how small and insignificant the post he may have filled in life, who will faithfully record the events in which he has borne a share, even though incapable of himself deriving profit from the lessons he has learned, may still be of use to others,—sometimes a guide, sometimes a warning. I hope this is true. I like to think it so, for I like to think that even I,—A. S. P.,—if I cannot adorn a tale, may at least point a moral. Certain families are remarkable for the way in which peculiar gifts have been transmitted for ages. Some have been great in arms, some in letters, some in statecraft, displaying in successive generations the same high qualities which had won their first renown. In an humble fashion, I may lay claim to belong to this category. My ancestors have been apothecaries for one hundred and forty-odd years. Joseph Potts, "drug and condiment man," lived in the reign of Queen Anne, at Lower Liffey Street, No. 87; and to be remembered passingly, has the name of Mr. Addison amongst his clients,—the illustrious writer having, as it would appear, a peculiar fondness for "Pott's linature," whatever that may have been; for the secret died out with my distinguished forefather. There was Michael Joseph Potts, "licensed for chemicals," in Mary's Abbey, about thirty years later; and so we come on to Paul Potts and Son, and then to Launcelot Peter Potts, "Pharmaceutical Chemist to his Excellency and the Irish Court," the father of him who now bespeaks your indulgence. My father's great misfortune in life was the ambition to rise above the class his family had adorned for ages. He had, as he averred, a soul above senna, and a destiny higher than black drop. He had heard of a tailor's apprentice becoming a great general. He had himself seen a wig-maker elevated to the woolsack; and he kept continually repeating, "Mine is the only walk in life that leads to no high rewards. What matters it whether my mixtures be addressed to the refined organization of rank, or the dura ilia rasorum?—I shall live and die an apothecary. From every class are men selected for honors save mine; and though it should rain baronetcies, the bloody hand would never fall to the lot of a compounding chemist."

How long is A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance?

A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever is 611 pages long, and a total of 153,361 words.

This makes it 206% the length of the average book. It also has 187% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 58 minutes to read A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance aloud.

What Reading Level is A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance?

A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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