It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Forests of the Night by Alvin Yusin
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This novel describes war and politics involving members of an aristocratic American family during the years 1943 and 1944. War is chronicled through the eyes of the family's younger members: Robert Crayton, a scientific, philosophical army surgeon; and his brother Michael, an impulsive, daring lieutenant in the United States Army Infantry. They train in the United States, transfer to England, participate in the Normandy invasion and march toward Paris. Older generations of the family provide the political intrigue: Elizabeth Stone, the family matriarch; Andrew, her son; Edwina, her daughter; and Senator David Andersen, Edwina's husband. Their malevolent interactions as each one tries to prevent the other's political success sets a destructive course that inevitably leads to the novel's surprising conclusion. Interspersed throughout the novel are philosophical discussions between Robert Crayton and others regarding human behavior, death, and religion which promote understanding of the diverse behaviors displayed by the book's characters and humankind in general.
Forests of the Night by Alvin Yusin is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.
This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Forests of the Night aloud.
Forests of the Night is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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