It takes the average reader 8 hours and 36 minutes to read Desiree by Annemarie Selinko
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The bestselling novel about Napoleon's first love One of the most successful historical romances since GONE WITH THE WIND Over 20 million copies sold worldwide To be young, in France, and in love: fourteen year old Desiree can't believe her good fortune. Her fiance, a dashing and ambitious Napoleon Bonaparte, is poised for battlefield success, and no longer will she be just a French merchant's daughter. She could not have known the twisting path her role in history would take, nearly breaking her vibrant heart but sweeping her to a life rich in passion and desire. A love story, but so much more, Désirée explores the landscape of a young heart torn in two, giving readers a compelling true story of an ordinary girl whose unlikely brush with history leads to a throne no one would have expected. An epic bestseller that has earned both critical acclaim and mass adoration, Désirée is at once a novel of the rise and fall of empires, the blush and fade of love, and the heart and soul of a woman.
Desiree by Annemarie Selinko is 512 pages long, and a total of 129,024 words.
This makes it 173% the length of the average book. It also has 158% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 45 minutes to read Desiree aloud.
Desiree is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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