How Long to Read The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday

How Long Does it Take to Read The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday by Lord Frederic Hamilton

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

Description

The Vanished Pomps of Yesteryear is a "diplomatic memoir" by Lord Frederic Hamilton (Dufferin), a distinguished 19th century British ambassador to Russia, Japan, and Argentina, among other countries. The observations, thrilling and humorous anecdotes along with the splendor of the era make this a completely entertaining experience. E.g., a comment on Chinese etiquette:"True politeness in China demands that you should depreciate everything of your own and exalt everything belonging to your correspondent. Thus, should you be asking a friend to dinner, you would entreat him "to leave for one evening the silver and alabaster palace in which you habitually dwell, and to condescend to honour the tumble-down vermin-ridden hovel in which I drag out a wretched existence. Furthermore, could you forget for one evening the bird's-nest soup, the delicious sea-slugs, and the plump puppy-dogs on which you habitually feast, and deign to poke your head into my swill-trough, and there devour such loathsome garbage as a starving dog would reject, I shall feel unspeakably honoured." The answer will probably come in some such form as this: "With rapturous delight have I learnt that, thanks to your courtesy, I may escape from the pestilential shanty I inhabit, and pass one unworthy evening in a glorious palace of crystal and gold in your company. After starving for months on putrid offal, I shall at length banquet on unimagined delicacies, etc." Should it be a large dinner-party, it must tax the host's ingenuity to vary the self-depreciatory epithets sufficiently." Lord Frederic Hamilton, "The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday.

How long is The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday?

The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday by Lord Frederic Hamilton is 309 pages long, and a total of 80,031 words.

This makes it 104% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday aloud.

What Reading Level is The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday?

The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday is suitable for students ages 12 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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