It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read The Pegnitz Junction by Mavis Gallant
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A devastating collection exploring the wake of mankind’s greatest conflict World War II exerted a psychic toll on Europe that is still evident today. The Pegnitz Junction is Mavis Gallant’s look at how Europe handles that collective pain. In the title novella of this sharply written collection, a girl rides the train with her boyfriend and his son in postwar Europe. Onboard, she encounters all manner of personalities, each person burdened by the weight of what he or she has just experienced, openly bleeding from the emotional wounds of a terrifying global conflict. A wife must come to terms...
The Pegnitz Junction by Mavis Gallant is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.
This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read The Pegnitz Junction aloud.
The Pegnitz Junction is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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