How Long to Read The Art of Disappearing

How Long Does it Take to Read The Art of Disappearing?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 10 minutes to read The Art of Disappearing by John Smith

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Description

"The art of writing books of this kind is itself an art in danger of disappearing. Red blooded men and not introspective neurotics are used by the author to develop a plot which really develops. Good men and bad men, they do things; they are not merely sensation experimenters and sensation recorders." -New Catholic World "A remarkable story....The hero, Horace Endicott, a newly-married young man whose ten months so far spent with his wife 'were of a hue so roseate as to render discussion of the point foolish,' meets in the train Mgr. O'Donnell, the Vicar General of New York. Sprung from a New England stock of strong anti-Catholic bias, his prepossessions would have him dislike, or at least contemn, this professor of mummeries; but a sudden railway accident has the effect of making them fast friends. In the course of conversation the priest develops a theory that one who wishes to escape from his present surroundings, can always successfully defy discovery if only he will cut himself off thoroughly from the past, not leaving, as most criminals do, a single channel of communication with his former associates still open. Presently Horace Endicott is himself in a situation which makes him desire to try the plan. He has not indeed committed any crime, but he finds on his return home that his wife is far different from what he has supposed, and...can think of no other method of depriving her of a wife's share in his wealth, save by himself abandoning his home, his relations and his friends, and disappearing entirely from the knowledge of a wife who, though persisting in her guilt, instead of shrinking from his presence, tries every means of finding him. The curious things is that his new mode of life is cast in the city of New York, where he personates the lost and dead son of an Irish mother and, in spite of difference of temperament, of accent, of mental tone and culture, and in spite of an entirely different antecedent experience, is forthwith accepted among the Irish community of New York as Arthur Dillon. In this capacity he ventures at length to figure in public and political life, and to become a conspicuous character, and yet is not, at least for a considerable time, detected by the sharp eyes of his wife's emissaries. It is in describing Endicott's life as Arthur Dillon that the author finds his opportunity for portraying the feelings cherished by the American-Irish for this country. This is the part which, it is anticipated, will make the book deeply interesting to English readers." -The Month: An Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Science and Art "A story which possesses the merit of being original both in its main idea and in its description of a phase of life in New York City that is little known to those outside the Roman Catholic Church. We do not vouch for the ethics of the tale, but have found it an unusually interesting study and a relief from the rut." -The Critic "It has been wisely said that the man who hardens his heart because he has been imposed upon has no real belief in virtue, and with suitable circumstances he becomes the deceiver instead of the deceived. Such an one...stands at stage center in 'The Art of Disappearing." -Literary World "The publishers give six reasons why this novel should be read; one of them is that the author is a Roman Catholic priest, and another is 'that its treatment of such matters as the much talked-of Anglo-American alliance, the sentimental description of election issues in New York City, the mingled satire,' etc., etc., 'really make the book a novelist's novel.'" -The Bookman

How long is The Art of Disappearing?

The Art of Disappearing by John Smith is 490 pages long, and a total of 122,500 words.

This makes it 165% the length of the average book. It also has 150% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Art of Disappearing Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 9 minutes to read The Art of Disappearing aloud.

What Reading Level is The Art of Disappearing?

The Art of Disappearing is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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