How Long to Read Thieves and Lovers

How Long Does it Take to Read Thieves and Lovers?

It takes the average reader 5 hours to read Thieves and Lovers by Manfred von Pentz

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

Description

Jason Grimmel, a young and gifted professor at Chicago's Winslow Homer Academy of Fine Arts, who stood even a chance to be elected as the institutions president, sees his career thrown into jeopardy when he ends a love affair with one of his female students, a beautiful but slightly unhinged girl named Amber Sherman. Enraged, she accuses him publicly of seduction and rape, an allegation fanned and enlarged out of all proportions by the young woman's grandfather, Jasper Sherman. The latter is CEO of a giant corporation and an important sponsor of the Academy who dislikes Jason and wants him out. When the girl retracts her accusations, Jason is reinstalled, but the affair has seriously affected an already precarious relationship with his ambitious wife whose high-powered government job is unjustly hampered by the scandal. As a result she relies always more on psychotropic drugs and in the end commits suicide. Deeply shaken, Jason resigns and retreats to his cabin somewhere on the shores of Lake Michigan, there to spend two solitary years. After managing finally a measure of inner calm and professional fulfilment, is his solitude upset by the arrival of Dione Dar, a junior lawyer with the renowned Baldwyn & Myers solicitors. She brings with her a proposal by Jasper Sherman based on the fact that Amber, who went to France five years ago and still lives there, has asked her grandfather without giving any explanations for a large sum of money which must be delivered to her in cash by Jason and nobody else. Sherman is highly reluctant to have any dealings with the former target of his slanderous campaign, being fully aware that Jason will gladly seize the opportunity to revenge himself, yet has no other choice since Amber refuses to reveal her whereabouts. It is decided that Dione Dar accompanies Jason on his journey, partly to organize the legal aspects of the money transfer, partly to monitor his movements. Jason has meanwhile learned that Amber owns by way of an inheritance a substantial batch of shares in one of Jasper Sherman's more secretive enterprises. Based in Paris but registered as a Guernsey off-shore company, is it rather small and obscure, yet owns, as it later turns out, an inordinate amount of highly valuable patents which were actually developed by US-scientists who made significant advances in the field of genetic engineering. It is this information that provides the first clues to a sinister scheme which slowly begins to unravel itself. Arriving with Dione in Paris, both are met by Lucien Leclair, an inspector of the French Sûreté, who is investigating the company as well because of murky dealings that seem to reach into the highest echelons of the French government. He offers Jason a measure of cooperation while insisting to keep Dione in the dark about their next movements. Jason accepts, since he is not only bent on unravelling old Sherman's dark secret, but also thrown into confusion by the two women that form part of the operation. One is of course Amber whose memory he tried in vain to eradicate during the past years. The chance to meet her again has overwhelmed him with a burning desire, even though he is aware that her fragile mind might not have improved but deteriorated. The other woman is Dione Dar, whose calm beauty, obvious intelligence and strong character have made a profound impression on him which he is still trying to fathom.

How long is Thieves and Lovers?

Thieves and Lovers by Manfred von Pentz is 300 pages long, and a total of 75,000 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 92% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Thieves and Lovers Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read Thieves and Lovers aloud.

What Reading Level is Thieves and Lovers?

Thieves and Lovers 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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