It takes the average reader 5 hours and 33 minutes to read Thomas Merton's Art of Denial by David D. Cooper
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Trappist monk and best-selling author, Thomas Merton battled constantly within himself as he attempted to reconcile two seemingly incompatible roles in life. As a devout Catholic, he took vows of silence and stability, longing for the security and closure of the monastic life. But as a writer he felt compelled to seek friendships in literary circles and success in the secular world. In Thomas Merton's Art of Denial, David D. Cooper traces Merton's attempts to reach an accommodation with himself, to find a way in which "the silence of the monk could live compatibly with the racket of the...
Thomas Merton's Art of Denial by David D. Cooper is 326 pages long, and a total of 83,456 words.
This makes it 110% the length of the average book. It also has 102% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 36 minutes to read Thomas Merton's Art of Denial aloud.
Thomas Merton's Art of Denial is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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