How Long to Read The Romance of Anna Smith and Other Stories

How Long Does it Take to Read The Romance of Anna Smith and Other Stories?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 1 minute to read The Romance of Anna Smith and Other Stories by Marjorie Pagel

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Romance of Anna Smith and Other Stories: The first six stories in this collection are memoir, the last six are fiction. In the first section, we meet Anna Smith, a one-room country school teacher, adored by young girls yearning for romance in Miss Smith's life. Then there's Aunt Sylvia, a whiz at cribbage, who loves singing old songs and reminiscing about the "good times" as she dances around the kitchen in her walker. In "Whispering Hope," the author remembers her sister Wanda, who spent her allowance to purchase an old upright piano at a farm auction and inspired Marjorie to play. Other stories recall Billie the Brownie ("You Better Watch Out!"), the May basket tradition in rural Marquette County, and an eighth grade romance ("Lovestruck"). The fiction section offers several laugh-aloud stories: "Charlie-Gone-Missing" (about a runaway golf cart), "Sheila's Last Streak," (about a 50-year old woman who sheds her inhibitions and streaks across the local golf course), and "The Post-It Note Wars," (a light-hearted whodunit that spoofs office politics). Other stories take a more serious look at life events through the eyes of the lead characters: the friend of a grieving wife whose husband had been missing for three years ("Surfaced"); the woman who faithfully writes letters to her murdered friend's husband, now in prison ("Presumed Guilty"); a little girl caught in the middle of a failing marriage ("When the Bough Breaks").

How long is The Romance of Anna Smith and Other Stories?

The Romance of Anna Smith and Other Stories by Marjorie Pagel is 118 pages long, and a total of 30,444 words.

This makes it 40% the length of the average book. It also has 37% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Romance of Anna Smith and Other Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 46 minutes to read The Romance of Anna Smith and Other Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is The Romance of Anna Smith and Other Stories?

The Romance of Anna Smith and Other Stories is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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