How long does it take to read Love Letters from Cell 92?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Maria Von Wedemeyer, Ruth Alice von Bismarck, John Brownjohn, Ulrich Itz
Love Letters from Cell 92 by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Maria Von Wedemeyer, Ruth Alice von Bismarck, John Brownjohn, Ulrich Itz takes about 5 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1994. 325 pages, about 89,375 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Maria von Wedemeyer came from urbane, highly educated families. By 1933, when Hitler came to power, Bonhoeffer had earned his doctorate, traveled widely, served a church in Spain, and had taken a position as lecturer and student chaplain at the University of Berlin. He was twenty-seven years old. Two days after Hitler's inauguration, Bonhoeffer preached a radio sermon condemning the German leader's policies. The transmission was interrupted. In 1935, Bonhoeffer was appointed head of an underground seminary at Finkenwalde. The Gestapo closed the school two years later, but Bonhoeffer's resistance activities continued. Bonhoeffer had met Maria von Wedemeyer years before, but when they became acquainted again in 1942 they fell in love. Shortly after their engagement in early 1943, he was arrested. Dietrich and Maria would never see each other again outside prison walls. But through their correspondence their relationship grew deeper, more affectionate, and more passionate. Volumes have been written about Bonhoeffer the theologian and martyr, but none of these works reveals the side of the man known by his fiancee. As we read these letters, we glimpse hopes, dreams, longings, and fears - and we witness a timeless love story.
Subjects: Correspondence, Theologians, Biography / Autobiography, Religious, Religion, Germany
