How Long to Read Scoundrel

How Long Does it Take to Read Scoundrel?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 19 minutes to read Scoundrel by Reid Mitchell

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

Description

This novella length memoir discusses what happened to Reid Mitchell, a New Orleans college teacher in his sixties, fall 2018--a sudden illness while living in China and getting by with a little help from his friends. Was Samuel Johnson right? Does a sick man often become a scoundrel. This memoir also transforms into the story of a young Chinese woman with her own dreams and tribulations. It's generally accurate, but some names and details have been changed to protect the innocent and the perhaps not-so-innocent. "SCOUNDREL is a frank and seductively melancholic narrative of an expat Western migrant teacher in Chinese universities, aging, surrounded by vital youth, far from home, shocked and teased by interweavings of premonitory visitations from anticipated death and the unexpected interventions of an extraordinary and lovably dangerous young half-Mongolian Chinese woman. As George Orwell, Henry Miller, and Hemingway evoke for us what it was like to live in the particular time and place of Paris in the early to middle 1900s, Reid Mitchell in Scoundrel evokes for us the passing, contemporary urban world of expatriate Western teachers and young Chinese students. Some readers may emerge love-smitten with one young intervenor but also mindful of her admonition "Never eff with a Mongol." Bruce E. Naccari former New Orleans Assistant City Attorney"SCOUNDREL is a deep look into the soul and mind of an aging, illness-ridden American expatriate professor in present-day China. Beautifully written, the book is an unvarnished and often raw, portrayal of one man's slow descent into the recognition of his own mortality, and of the friends, both Chinese and foreign, female and male, who are there to help cushion his fall. It's also a unique view of China through the eyes of a brilliant writer at the top of his artistic powers. Believe me, you'll have a very difficult time putting this book down." Allen B. Ballard, Professor Emeritus, SUNY-Albany, Author, Breaching Jericho's Walls

How long is Scoundrel?

Scoundrel by Reid Mitchell is 136 pages long, and a total of 34,816 words.

This makes it 46% the length of the average book. It also has 43% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Scoundrel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 10 minutes to read Scoundrel aloud.

What Reading Level is Scoundrel?

Scoundrel is suitable for students ages 10 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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