How Long to Read Leaves in the Wind

How Long Does it Take to Read Leaves in the Wind?

It takes the average reader 2 hours to read Leaves in the Wind by Alfred George Gardiner

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Leaves in the Wind (published in 1919) by Alfred George Gardiner.Summary: A fellow traveller -- On a famous sermon -- On pockets and things -- On a country platform -- On a distant view of a pig -- In defence of ignorance -- On a shiny night -- On giving up tobacco -- The great god gun -- On a legend of the war -- On talk and talkers -- On a vision of Eden -- On a comic genius -- On a vanished garden -- All about a dog -- On the American soldier -- 'Appy 'Einrich -- On fear -- On being called Thompson -- On thinking for one's self -- On sawing wood -- Variations on an old theme -- On clothes -- The duel that failed -- On early rising -- On being known -- On a map of the Oberland -- On a talk in a bus -- On virtues that don't count -- On hate and the soldier -- On taking the call -- A dithyramb on a dog -- On happy faces in the Strand -- On word-magic -- Odin grown old -- On a smile in a shaving glass -- On the rule of the road -- On the indifference of nature -- If Jeremy came back -- On sleep and thought -- On mowing.I do not know which of us got into the carriage first. Indeed I did not know he was in the carriage at all for some time. It was the last train from London to a Midland town--a stopping train, an infinitely leisurely train, one of those trains which give you an understanding of eternity. It was tolerably full when it started, but as we stopped at the suburban stations the travellers alighted in ones and twos, and by the time we had left the outer ring of London behind I was alone--or, rather, I thought I was alone. There is a pleasant sense of freedom about being alone in a carriage that is jolting noisily through the night. It is liberty and unrestraint in a very agreeable form. You can do anything you like. You can talk to yourself as loud as you please and no one will hear you. You can have that argument out with Jones and roll him triumphantly in the dust without fear of a counter-stroke. You can stand on your head and no one will see you. AuthorAlfred George Gardiner (1865-1946) was a British journalist, editor and author. His essays, written under the pen-name Alpha of the Plough, are highly regarded. He was also Chairman of the National Anti-Sweating League, an advocacy group which campaigned for a minimum wage in industry. Gardiner was born in Chelmsford, the son of a cabinet-maker and alcoholic. As a boy he worked at the Chelmsford Chronicle and the Bournemouth Directory. He joined the Northern Daily Telegraph in 1887 which had been founded the year before by Thomas Purvis Ritzema. In 1899, he was appointed editor of the Blackburn Weekly Telegraph. In 1902 Ritzema was named general manager of the Daily News. Needing an editor, he turned to his young protégé to fill the role. The choice soon proved a great success; under Gardiner's direction, it became one of the leading liberal journals its day, as he improved its coverage of both the news and literary matters while crusading against social injustices. Yet while circulation rose from 80,000 when he joined the paper to 151,000 in 1907 and 400,000 with the introduction of a Manchester edition in 1909, the paper continued to run at a loss. Though close to the owner of the Daily News, George Cadbury, Gardiner resigned in 1919 over a disagreement with him over Gardiner's opposition to David Lloyd George. From 1915 he contributed to The Star under the pseudonym Alpha of the Plough.[3] At the time The Star had several anonymous essayists whose pseudonyms were the names of stars. Invited to choose the name of a star as a pseudonym he chose the name of the brightest (alpha) star in the constellation "the Plough." His essays are uniformly elegant, graceful and humorous. His uniqueness lay in his ability to teach the basic truths of life in an easy and amusing manner. Pillars of Society, Pebbles on the Shore, Many Furrows and Leaves in the Wind are some of his best known writings.

How long is Leaves in the Wind?

Leaves in the Wind by Alfred George Gardiner is 117 pages long, and a total of 30,069 words.

This makes it 39% the length of the average book. It also has 37% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Leaves in the Wind Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 44 minutes to read Leaves in the Wind aloud.

What Reading Level is Leaves in the Wind?

Leaves in the Wind is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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