How Long to Read Three Women and the River

How Long Does it Take to Read Three Women and the River?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read Three Women and the River by William Harry Harding

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

Description

Opening in the final months of World War I and ending with the prelude to World War II, the novel is set primarily in the flood plain of the Piave River, north of Venice, Italy. It also offers a glimpse of life in Royal Tunbridge Wells ¿ a city that once epitomized the British middle class.Actual historical figures, including Rudyard Kipling, Ernest Hemingway and Benito Mussolini, play dramatic roles in the life of Reginald Olcutt, Lance Corporal in the most celebrated unit of the WWI British Army, the 11th Battalion of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment.The novel begins when Reg is wounded, separated from his unit and rescued by a local family. The second section retraces his two-year journey from enlistment to the opening scenes, through diary entries, letters home and dispatches. The third part picks up the story back in Italy, where Reg is nursed to health, only to be captured by the Germans, then set free during the Battle of the Piave in June, 1918. He is arrested for desertion by British Troops and he sent back to England to stand court martial, facing execution by firing squad.A fourth section chronicles Reg's difficulty with his British family and the pending court martial. Helped by Kipling, who has read the young soldier's letters home and diary entries, Reg is exonerated and promised a career as a writer, to be mentored by Kipling. Reg's heart pulls him back to Gabby, the woman he has fallen in love with.But Gabriella's husband has come home from the war, and by the time he reaches her in the fifth section, her husband has returned from the war and she is pregnant. As secrets of provincial families reveal themselves, death and greed threaten Reg and everyone he cares for, leading to another life and death confrontation at river's edge.In an epilogue, set in 1936, Reg hopes to convince his stepson about the real price and folly of war.

How long is Three Women and the River?

Three Women and the River by William Harry Harding is 374 pages long, and a total of 94,996 words.

This makes it 126% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Three Women and the River Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 39 minutes to read Three Women and the River aloud.

What Reading Level is Three Women and the River?

Three Women and the River 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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