How long does it take to read The Edge of Sadness?
Edwin O'Connor
The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor takes about 8 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 26 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1961. 460 pages, about 126,500 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Beautifully written . Very human, deeply spiritual. A book that resonates with life, it's struggles, its day to day routine that leads to introspection and encounters with God through simple people in everyday events, in a struggle for sobriety. All these lead the protagonist to a the edge of darkness. Routine and struggle can do that to you . Instead of an abyss that you expect him plunge into he is in the end rescued by a loving, caring God. A God that manifests Himself in daily parochial life within a city' s catholic sector. Author has spiritual depth and beautiful prose. I enjoyed this book very very much.
Subjects: Alcoholics, Belief and doubt, Catholics, Clergy, Fiction, Irish Americans
