How Long to Read Windfalls

How Long Does it Take to Read Windfalls?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 41 minutes to read Windfalls by Alfred George Gardiner

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Description

Windfalls (published in 1920) by Alfred George Gardiner.Summary: Preface -- Jemima -- On being idle -- On habits -- In defence of wasps -- On Pillar Rock -- Two voices -- On being tidy -- An episode -- On possession -- On bores -- A lost swarm -- Young America -- On great replies -- On boilers and butterflies -- On Hereford beacon -- Chum -- On matches and things -- On being remembered -- On dining -- Idle thoughts at sea -- Two drinks of milk -- On facts and the truth -- On great men -- On swearing -- On a hansom cab -- On manners -- On a fine day -- On women and tobacco -- Down town -- On keyhole morals -- Fleet Street no more -- On waking up -- On re-reading -- February days -- On an ancient people -- On good resolutions -- On a Grecian profile -- On taking a holiday -- Under the sycamore -- On the vanity of old age -- On sighting land.In offering a third basket of windfalls from a modest orchard, it is hoped that the fruit will not be found to have deteriorated. If that is the case, I shall hold myself free to take another look under the trees at my leisure. But I fancy the three baskets will complete the garnering. The old orchard from which the fruit has been so largely gathered is passing from me, and the new orchard to which I go has not yet matured. Perhaps in the course of years it will furnish material for a collection of autumn leaves. Itook a garden fork just now and went out to dig up the artichokes. When Jemima saw me crossing the orchard with a fork he called a committee meeting, or rather a general assembly, and after some joyous discussion it was decided nem. con. that the thing was worth looking into. Forthwith, the whole family of Indian runners lined up in single file, and led by Jemima followed faithfully in my track towards the artichoke bed, with a gabble of merry noises. Jemima was first into the breach.AuthorAlfred George Gardiner (1865-1946) was a British journalist, editor and author. His essays, written under the pen-name Alpha of the Plough, are highly regarded.[1] He was also Chairman of the National Anti-Sweating League, an advocacy group which campaigned for a minimum wage in industry. Gardiner was born in Chelmsford, the son of a cabinet-maker and alcoholic. As a boy he worked at the Chelmsford Chronicle and the Bournemouth Directory. He joined the Northern Daily Telegraph in 1887 which had been founded the year before by Thomas Purvis Ritzema. In 1899, he was appointed editor of the Blackburn Weekly Telegraph. In 1902 Ritzema was named general manager of the Daily News. Needing an editor, he turned to his young protégé to fill the role. The choice soon proved a great success; under Gardiner's direction, it became one of the leading liberal journals its day, as he improved its coverage of both the news and literary matters while crusading against social injustices. Yet while circulation rose from 80,000 when he joined the paper to 151,000 in 1907 and 400,000 with the introduction of a Manchester edition in 1909, the paper continued to run at a loss. Though close to the owner of the Daily News, George Cadbury, Gardiner resigned in 1919 over a disagreement with him over Gardiner's opposition to David Lloyd George. From 1915 he contributed to The Star under the pseudonym Alpha of the Plough. At the time The Star had several anonymous essayists whose pseudonyms were the names of stars. Invited to choose the name of a star as a pseudonym he chose the name of the brightest (alpha) star in the constellation "the Plough." His essays are uniformly elegant, graceful and humorous. His uniqueness lay in his ability to teach the basic truths of life in an easy and amusing manner. Pillars of Society, Pebbles on the Shore, Many Furrows and Leaves in the Wind are some of his best known writings.

How long is Windfalls?

Windfalls by Alfred George Gardiner is 101 pages long, and a total of 25,351 words.

This makes it 34% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Windfalls Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 18 minutes to read Windfalls aloud.

What Reading Level is Windfalls?

Windfalls is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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