How Long to Read Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary

How Long Does it Take to Read Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 40 minutes to read Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary by Lucien Descaves

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

Description

Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary (Le Calvaire de Héloïse Pajadou originally), by Lucien Descaves, and published for the first time in 1883, is a Naturalist novel set in mid-18th century France, during the French Second Empire or possibly later. This is a tale of marital infidelity on the part of a vulgar, but wily, inveterate skirt-chaser, Pajadou, and the toll his extra-marital affairs, ever more audacious, take on his good, good-hearted, faithful wife Héloïse, who runs a laundry business with him and her mother, in a small country village outside Paris. Just when Pajadouʼs behavior seemed like it could not get any worse, the family-owned business apprentices Reine, a girl "not yet fourteen years old; she looked twelve, if that. She was small in stature, very slender, with an immensely sweet prettiness. Her very blond and very fine hair were tucked up under a little white bonnet pulled down over her ears. But what was particularly pretty about her was her complexion. Her white skin, a transparent, delicately pink white skin, which her eyelashes cast a shadow on, gave her a luminous face: it was like a spray of flowers..."

How long is Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary?

Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary by Lucien Descaves is 100 pages long, and a total of 25,000 words.

This makes it 34% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 16 minutes to read Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary aloud.

What Reading Level is Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary?

Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary 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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