How Long to Read Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile

How Long Does it Take to Read Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Bonjour Tristesse is Françoise Sagan's stylish, shimmering and amoral tale of adolescence and betrayal on the French Riviera, published when its author was just eighteen years old. It tells the story of Cécile, who leads a carefree life with her widowed father and his young mistresses until, one hot summer on the Riviera, he decides to remarry - with devastating consequences. In A Certain Smile, which is also included in this volume, Dominique, a young woman bored with her lover, begins an encounter with an older man that unfolds in unexpected and troubling ways. Both novellas have been freshly translated by Heather Lloyd and include an introduction by Rachel Cusk. Françoise Sagan was born in France in 1935. Bonjour tristesse (1954), published when she was just eighteen, became a succès de scandale and even earned its author a papal denunciation. Sagan went on to write many other novels, plays and screenplays, and died in 2004. Heather Lloyd was previously Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Glasgow, and has published work on both Bonjour tristesse and Françoise Sagan. Rachel Cusk is the author of Saving Agnes (1993), which won the Whitbread First Novel Award; A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother (2001); and Arlington Park (2006), shortlisted for the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction. Her most recent book is Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation (2012). 'Funny, thoroughly immoral and thoroughly French' The Times

How long is Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile?

Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile aloud.

What Reading Level is Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile?

Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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