About This Book
Oliver Otway Orme, a semi-famous artist and petty thief, despairing of limits in his talents, flees when his latest theft is discovered and sequesters himself in his childhood home, where he struggles to understand how he reached his current state.
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6h 59m
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180 WPM
5h 1m
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250 WPM
3h 35m
fast reader
350 WPM
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