How Long to Read Time Out of Joint

How Long Does it Take to Read Time Out of Joint?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 25 minutes to read Time Out of Joint by Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

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

Description

Time Out of Joint: the Fate of a Family starts out in Hamburg, Germany in 1924. The title is taken from a phrase uttered by Hamlet in Shakespeare's play of that name, in which the main character expresses his desperation at his inability to contend with fate. Initially, the van Dornbach family's comfortable way of life seems to be assured by Robert's successful tobacco business. While the parents are content to adhere to the ancient religious traditions, their two teenage children rebel against them. Beautiful Grethe and brilliant young Siegfried are eager to taste all the pleasures that the modern world has to offer. Their younger brother, Hermann, who is still under his parents' influence, appears content to continue on the path they have marked out for him. When Siegfried suddenly falls seriously ill, putting an end to his academic ambitions, his life is set on a completely different course, taking him to Kentucky in the USA to learn about the tobacco trade and to a promising post in Shanghai, China. But it is there that tragedy strikes. Grethe, who has gone to Amsterdam to work, moves to France to be with her lover, first in Paris and then on the Riviera. Surrounded by young people who are involved in the political movements that proliferate in Europe at that time, she tries to support herself by working in her profession of remedial gymnastics. She also participates in the grape harvest in the south, which is the favored occupation of French students. After her lover is killed in the Spanish Civil War she settles in the south of France, where she meets and marries a White Russian emigre. The political and economic events of the 1930s and 1940s cast a shadow over Europe, and each member of the Dornbach family is affected by them in a different way. The book was inspired by and based on actual documents and correspondence brought out of Germany by a relative of the author's, who managed to gain refuge in England after Kristallnacht, the Pogrom Night, of November 1938. The book ends with an episode in a hostel for refugee children who have been able to escape from Europe on a Kindertransport train. An epilogue describes the subsequent events and what eventually became of the various protagonists

How long is Time Out of Joint?

Time Out of Joint by Dorothea Shefer-Vanson is 382 pages long, and a total of 96,264 words.

This makes it 129% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Time Out of Joint Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 46 minutes to read Time Out of Joint aloud.

What Reading Level is Time Out of Joint?

Time Out of Joint 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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