About This Book
Drawing closely on Bulgakov's personal experiences of the horrors of civil war as a young doctor, "The White Guard" takes place in Kiev, 1918, a time of turmoil and suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks, Socialists and Germans fight for control of the city. It tells the story of the Turbins, a o...
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8h 21m
slow reader
180 WPM
6h 1m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 18m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 90,200 wordsπ
13 days at 30 min/day
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6 h 41 min
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