How Long to Read Now It Can Be Told

How Long Does it Take to Read Now It Can Be Told?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 47 minutes to read Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs

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

Description

"Thank God that at last Philip Gibbs has broken the shackles of censorship of public opinion....One would like to place a vast sign at the crossroads of life with 'Stop! Look! Listen!' upon it and distribute to every individual copy of this book." -The Freeman "A public tired of war books must not make the mistake of neglecting this....Years hence it will survive as the greatest record of four terrible years, a record which is great literature and history, terrible in its unsparing truth, its majesty, its horror, its candor....It will make Philip Gibbs many powerful enemies, but it will place him among the immortals." -The New York Times "War journalism at its best and grimmest. Perhaps it should rather be called post-war journalism, for it contains many details of horror, discouragement and bitterness of spirit in the front trenches which were not written up during the war lest the narrative weaken the morale of those who read it. Now that everything can be told, Mr. Gibbs omits nothing. Not only the butcher shop of battle but the rats in the trenches, the seas of filthy mud, 'trench foot,' poison gas, boredom, passionate resentment against the blunders of generals and politicians, half-confessed fears before the attack, rotting corpses, madness - everything that makes modern war sordid or hideous is set down unsparingly. The indictment of war is written in the same spirit as Barbusse's famous novel 'Le Feu,' or Sassoon's war poetry, and with as much literary skill as either....Mr. Gibbs emotional reaction to the horrors of war fuses the miscellaneous details of the book into a powerful picture of the whole....Everyone who is inclined to take war either as a matter of course or as a glorious experience should read this book." -The Independent "Sir Philip Gibbs, in his wonderful book 'Now It Can Be Told,' has had the noble courage to give the world the unvarnished truth." -The Saturday Evening Post

How long is Now It Can Be Told?

Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs is 642 pages long, and a total of 161,784 words.

This makes it 217% the length of the average book. It also has 198% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Now It Can Be Told Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 44 minutes to read Now It Can Be Told aloud.

What Reading Level is Now It Can Be Told?

Now It Can Be Told 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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