Reading Time
4 hrs 10 mins
How long to read A Summons to Memphis?
The estimated word count of A Summons to Memphis is 62,465 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 4 hrs 10 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 6 hrs 57 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 19 mins.
| A Summons to Memphis - 62,465 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 6 hrs 57 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 4 hrs 10 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 2 hrs 19 mins |
- Authors
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Peter Taylor
More about A Summons to Memphis
62,465 words
Word Count
for A Summons to Memphis
6 hours and 43 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
One of the most celebrated novels of its time, the Pulitzer Prize winner A Summons to Memphis introduces the Carver family, natives of Nashville, residents, with the exception of Phillip, of Memphis, Tennessee.During the twilight of a Sunday afternoon in March, New York book editor Phillip Carver receives an urgent phone call from each of his older, unmarried sisters. They plead with Phillip to help avert their widower father's impending remarriage to a younger woman. Hesitant to get embroiled in a family drama, he reluctantly agrees to go back south, only to discover the true motivation behing his sisters' concern. While there, Phillip is forced to confront his domineering siblings, a controlling patriarch, and flood of memories from this troubled past.Peter Taylor is one of the masters of Southern literature, whose work stands in the company of Eudora Walty, James Agee, and Walker Percy. In A Summons to Memphis, he composed a richly evocative story of revenge, resolution, and redemption, and gave us a classic work of American literature.