How Long to Read By Cécile

How Long Does it Take to Read By Cécile?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 10 minutes to read By Cécile by Tereska Torres

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

Description

A coming of age novel set in post-war France by an author who “launched the modern genre of the lesbian paperback” (Susan Stryker, author of Queer Pulp). When eighteen-year-old Cécile is orphaned at the end of World War II, the curious and adventurous Catholic student finds refuge in Paris, and with an older man. A former member of the Resistance with Cécile’s parents, Maurice is handsome, a thrilling cultured patron of the arts, and a mentor eager to introduce the budding young author to his intimate circle of friends—Cocteau, Sartre, and Eartha Kitt! As liberating an influence as he is, Maurice also encourages Cécile to shed her inhibitions he sees as bourgeois. Possessing a sensual and passionate temperament, Cécile is eager to begin exploring—by sharing Maurice’s mistress, and writing of every life-changing and delightfully scandalous new experience. Credited with penning the first, candidly lesbian novel—Women’s Barracks, in 1950—Tereska Torrès “scandalized mid-century America” (The New York Times). In By Cécile, written in 1963, “Madame Torres has re-imagined a youthful Colette (here called Cécile) in the infinitely seductive post-World War II period in Paris, where she moves like a sleeping princess through the perverse fairy tales of man-made cafe society. [It’s] a sharply perceptive novel” (Joan Schenkar, author of The Talented Miss Highsmith).

How long is By Cécile?

By Cécile by Tereska Torres is 127 pages long, and a total of 32,639 words.

This makes it 43% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read By Cécile Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 58 minutes to read By Cécile aloud.

What Reading Level is By Cécile?

By Cécile is suitable for students ages 10 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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