It takes the average reader 12 hours and 6 minutes to read The General by Jonathan Fenby
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
No leader of modern times was more unique and more uniquely national than Charles de Gaulle. As founder and first President of the Fifth Republic, General de Gaulle saw himself 'carrying France on my shoulders'. When he first emerged on to the world stage in 1940, his insistence that he spoke for his nation might well have appeared impossibly arrogant for a recently promoted junior general who had never been elected to anything. But he personified many of the traits of his country which fascinate the rest of the world - its pride in itself, its intransigence, its historical and cultural...
The General by Jonathan Fenby is 707 pages long, and a total of 181,699 words.
This makes it 239% the length of the average book. It also has 222% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 16 hours and 32 minutes to read The General aloud.
The General is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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