It takes the average reader 2 hours and 24 minutes to read In Youth is Pleasure by Denton Welch
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Against the backdrop of an English country hotel in a languid pre-war summer, Denton Welch's alter ego, Orvil Pym, examines his early life and formative experiences with a Proustian intensity. An adolescent voyeur, Orvil takes pleasure in the microscopic observation of his relatives and fellow guests, charting their eccentricities and love affairs as faithfully as he exposes his own obsessions. In a highly perceptive Afterword, Jeremy Reed relates the novel to Welch's life and work, praising it for writing that 'oscillates between moments of lyrical serenity and outbreaks of psychological...
In Youth is Pleasure by Denton Welch is 143 pages long, and a total of 36,179 words.
This makes it 48% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 17 minutes to read In Youth is Pleasure aloud.
In Youth is Pleasure is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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