How Long to Read Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by George Horace Lorimer

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

Description

Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son presents George Horace Lorimer's famous Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son and its lesser known but equally brilliant sequel, More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son. With his unique dry wit, Lorimer lampoons the attitudes of the newly moneyed classes of the Gilded Age - characters straight out of The Great Gatsby - in a series of fictional exchanges between John 'Old Gorgon' Graham, a prosperous pork-packer in Chicago, and his son, Pierrepont, whom he 'affectionately' calls 'Piggy.' The letters of Book 1 (Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son) are from a father to a son in college (Harvard) but in the sequel (More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son) Pierrepont has graduated and is writing to his old man to see if there is any work for him in the family business. The Gorgon is reluctant but thinks there might be an opportunity for Piggy in the lard department...

How long is Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son?

Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by George Horace Lorimer is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son aloud.

What Reading Level is Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son?

Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son 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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