It takes the average reader and 44 minutes to read Colonel Chabert by Honoré De Balzac
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Colonel Chabert marries Rose Chapotel, a prostitute. Colonel Chabert then becomes a French cavalry officer who is held in high esteem by Napoleon Bonaparte. After being severely wounded in the Battle of Eylau (1807), Chabert is recorded as dead and buried with other French casualties. However, he survives and after extricating himself from his own grave is nursed back to health by local peasants. It takes several years for him to recover. Returning to Paris, he discovers his widow has married the social climber, Count Ferraud, and has liquidated all of Chabert's belongings.
Colonel Chabert by Honoré De Balzac is 44 pages long, and a total of 11,176 words.
This makes it 15% the length of the average book. It also has 14% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 1 minute to read Colonel Chabert aloud.
Colonel Chabert is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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