It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Gabrielle Petit by Sophie De Schaepdrijver
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In central Brussels stands a statue of a young woman. Built in 1923, it is the first monument to a working-class woman in European history. Her name was Gabrielle Petit. History has forgotten Petit, an ambitious and patriotic Belgian, executed by firing squad in 1916 for her role as an intelligence agent for the British Army. After the First World War she was celebrated as an example of stern endeavour, but a hundred years later her memory has faded. In the first part of this historical biography Sophie De Schaepdrijver uses Petit's life to explore gender, class and heroism in the context of...
Gabrielle Petit by Sophie De Schaepdrijver is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Gabrielle Petit aloud.
Gabrielle Petit is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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