How Long to Read Stories of Four Decades

How Long Does it Take to Read Stories of Four Decades?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 17 minutes to read Stories of Four Decades by Glenn Meeter

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

Description

A number of the stories in Glenn Meeter's Stories of Four Decades have been reprinted (most frequently "Hard Row" and "A Harvest"), but they all made their first appearance in publications as diverse as The Atlantic Monthly, Redbook, Epoch, The Literary Review, and The Reformed Journal. Each story has its own individual appeal. Each has its own style, theme, mood, its own plot and setting, and its own cast of characters who come fully to life only within its boundaries. Even Peter Heitz, in The Oppressor, has different problems and preoccupations from the slightly older character with the same name in The Convert. But set with others in a collection that touches major points in life-stories of "Youth" followed by those of "Marriage" and "Parenthood" and finally "New Journeys"-each story takes on new dimensions. Together they form a tableau of life in the American Midwest (and California, a mid-century Mecca for Midwesterners) from the forties through the seventies. One thinks of the "slow clank clank of tire chains" on mall-town winter streets in the first story; the visitors to Grandmother's house paying Chicago tolls in the last; and, in between, Lost Angeles freeways and South Dakota gravel roads. Another dimension is as ancient as Joseph in Egypt: the clash of rural and village culture with urban modernity. Some characters need to break away from the village culture (faith, family, community); some lose it and re-create it. Some seek it out. All need to re-interpret it. And all struggle to maintain and pass on some aspects of that culture, if only the awed thankfulness of the traveler in "A Harvest," who exclaims about his own journey, "but my God what a delight, just to travel through!"

How long is Stories of Four Decades?

Stories of Four Decades by Glenn Meeter is 194 pages long, and a total of 49,276 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Stories of Four Decades Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 29 minutes to read Stories of Four Decades aloud.

What Reading Level is Stories of Four Decades?

Stories of Four Decades 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.

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

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