How Long to Read Lovers and Friends

How Long Does it Take to Read Lovers and Friends?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Lovers and Friends by F. E. Benson

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

Description

E. F. Benson leads his readers to the contemplation of those extremely high-bred and amazingly ill-mannered personages on whom his polished wit delights to spend itself. Eva, the heroine, is as unpleasant a young woman as ever invited the sympathy of the public in her self-made woes. Trading on her beauty, she sells herself with cold deliberateness to the highest bidder in the marriage-market, Lord Hayes; and then, not content with the excellent bargain she has made, proceeds to render that unfortunate nobleman's life a burden to him by her malignant temper and monstrous selfishness. Her beauty and rank make Lady Hayes the sensation of the season, and she is able to relieve her chronic disease of 'ennui' by breaking hearts at random. But even this pastime soon palls upon her, and then she tries a new excitement by seducing the affections of a perfectly handsome and intolerably stupid young fellow from his lawful love. Reggie Davenport, the big, brainless, pretty boy, is dazzled by Lady Hayes' charms to an extent that drives his fiance into breaking off the engagement, and meanwhile his own very commonplace attractions have thawed the frozen heart of Eva. As Lord Hayes is carried off by a timely attack of heart-disease just at this crisis, the way seems clear for marriage between the foolish boy and the siren who has bewitched him. But Eva, loving him, and knowing that he loves her, is seized with a caprice for a melodramatic suicide.

How long is Lovers and Friends?

Lovers and Friends by F. E. Benson is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lovers and Friends Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Lovers and Friends aloud.

What Reading Level is Lovers and Friends?

Lovers and Friends 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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