How Long to Read Diaries and Letters, 1945-1962

How Long Does it Take to Read Diaries and Letters, 1945-1962?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 52 minutes to read Diaries and Letters, 1945-1962 by Harold Nicolson

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

Description

Harold Nicolson's Diaries and Letters, spanning the years 1930 to 1962, were first published in three volumes, and it is in this format Faber Finds is reissuing them. The one-volume abridgement available in paperback from Phoenix is practical, and in itself a superb piece of compression, but such a great work, one of the major diaries of the twentieth-century, deserves also to be available in its full original incarnation.In this third volume we see Harold Nicolson, though no longer a Member of Parliament, still deeply involved in public affairs. He joins the Labour Party: he attends the Nuremberg trials: he broadcasts from Paris on the three-months peace-conference of 1946, and he gives an illuminating account of the Suez crisis. But perhaps the most valuable political aspect of this volume, as with the others, is the portraits and private conversation of leading statesmen: Churchill in advancing age, Macmillan on his way up and as Prime Minister, Eden, Smuts, Bevin and many others. 'One of the best diaries in the language' Michael Foot'Nowhere are his style and cultivation more truly reflected than in his diaries and letters, edited with skill and candour by his son Nigel . . . Full of witty and intimate pictures of the famous and immediate comments on the great events of the time, they were very much more than a record of classy hobnobbings, for few excelled Nicolson in the art of self-revelation and no lesser diarist could have made so moving and fascinating a thing of the relationship between himself and his wife, Vita Sackville-West, and his sons.' The Times

How long is Diaries and Letters, 1945-1962?

Diaries and Letters, 1945-1962 by Harold Nicolson is 458 pages long, and a total of 118,164 words.

This makes it 155% the length of the average book. It also has 144% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Diaries and Letters, 1945-1962 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 45 minutes to read Diaries and Letters, 1945-1962 aloud.

What Reading Level is Diaries and Letters, 1945-1962?

Diaries and Letters, 1945-1962 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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