It takes the average reader 4 hours and 24 minutes to read The Last and the First by Nina Berberova
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The first English translation of celebrated Russian writer Nina Berberova’s debut novel: an intense story of family conflict and the struggle over the future of émigré life On a crisp September morning, trouble comes to the Gorbatovs' farm. Having fled the ruins of the Russian Revolution, they have endured crushing labour to set up a small farm in Provence. For young Ilya Stepanovich, this is to be the future of Russian life in France; for some of his Paris-dwelling countrymen, it is a betrayal of roots, culture and the path back to the motherland. Now, with the arrival of a letter from the...
The Last and the First by Nina Berberova is 257 pages long, and a total of 66,049 words.
This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours to read The Last and the First aloud.
The Last and the First is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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