It takes the average reader 1 hour and 52 minutes to read The Lemoine Affair by Marcel Proust
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Their friend Marcel Proust had killed himself after the fall in diamond shares, a collapse that annihilated a part of his fortune. This is the first-ever translation into English of this startling tour-de-force by one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers. The Lemoine Affair was inspired by the real-life French scandal involving Henri Lemoine, who claimed he could manufacture diamonds from coal and convinced numerous people—including officers of the De Beers diamond mine company and Proust himself—to invest in the scheme. In a series of pastiches—imitations written in the style of other...
The Lemoine Affair by Marcel Proust is 112 pages long, and a total of 28,224 words.
This makes it 38% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 34 minutes to read The Lemoine Affair aloud.
The Lemoine Affair is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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