How Long to Read William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories (LOA #179)

How Long Does it Take to Read William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories (LOA #179)?

It takes the average reader 17 hours and 40 minutes to read William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories (LOA #179) by William Maxwell

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

Description

With his second book, They Came Like Swallows (1937), William Maxwell found his signature subject matter—the fragility of human happiness—as well as his voice, a quiet, cadenced Midwestern voice that John Updike has called one of the wisest and kindest in American fiction. Set against the background of the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, this short novel presents the loving character of Elizabeth Morison, a devoted wife and mother, through the eyes of those whom she is fated to leave decades before her time. Edmund Wilson described The Folded Leaf (1945) as “a quite unconventional study of adolescent relationships—between two boys, with a girl in the offing—in Chicago and in a Middle Western college: very much lived and very much seen.” He praised this “drama of the immature” for the compassion Maxwell brings to his male protagonists, whose intensely felt, unarticulated bond is beyond their inchoate ability to understand. Time Will Darken It (1948) is a drama of the mature: a good man’s struggle to keep duty before desire and his family’s needs before his own. It paints a portrait of Draperville, Illinois, in 1912, a proud and isolated community governed by gossip, where an ambitious young woman must not overreach the limits society has placed on her sex, and an older, married gentleman must not encourage her should she dare. Together with these major works, this Library of America edition of Maxwell’s early fiction collects his lighthearted first novel, Bright Center of Heaven (1934), out of print for nearly 70 years, and nine masterly short stories. It concludes with “The Writer as Illusionist” (1955), Maxwell’s fullest statement on the art of fiction as he practiced it. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

How long is William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories (LOA #179)?

William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories (LOA #179) by William Maxwell is 1,036 pages long, and a total of 265,216 words.

This makes it 350% the length of the average book. It also has 324% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories (LOA #179) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 24 hours and 9 minutes to read William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories (LOA #179) aloud.

What Reading Level is William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories (LOA #179)?

William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories (LOA #179) 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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