How Long to Read Love and Death in Paris

How Long Does it Take to Read Love and Death in Paris?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read Love and Death in Paris by Charles Loebbaka

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

Description

A young couple struggles to survive in an evil land ravaged by the Holocaust in “Love and Death in Paris,” the debut novel by journalist and author Charles Loebbaka. Jack Lamont and Katrine Bouchet meet briefly in a Paris museum in 1939 on the eve of World War II, the year before German troops occupy Paris and the north of France.The Chicago Tribune journalist and the French art history student fall in love amid the horrors of war and the Holocaust as Nazis and French police arrest Jews and others and deport them to death camps in Poland. Both narrowly escape death before they are reunited, only to be hunted by Paris police for crimes against the bloody Nazi-French Vichy regime. Their story begins at the end:I killed. I see red in my mind's eye.Kill the evil to save the good, an eye for an eye. It says so in the Hebrew Bible. The Code of Hammurabi. Amen.I never went to Confession to ask forgiveness. Maybe that's why I'm praying in a church pew. I know that, at any moment, I could be arrested. Or killed. I told him to meet me for what may be the last time.“I don't want to leave you, Kiki,” he said. “Je t'aime de tout mon coeur. We'll go somewhere. Any place.” “I have to go, Jacques. You can't stay with me.”Katrine put her arms around Jack's neck and whispered softly in his ear. “Je vais attendre pour vous, Jacques. I will wait for you. Attendez-moi. Wait for me.”“I'll wait for you until we're together again,” Jack promised.They walked slowly down the cinder path in the park under a cathedral of trees. Fallen chestnuts crunched under their shoes. They held hands. Young lovers.They heard the roar of a vehicle. A jeep with uniformed police was speeding at them…

How long is Love and Death in Paris?

Love and Death in Paris by Charles Loebbaka is 268 pages long, and a total of 69,144 words.

This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 85% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Love and Death in Paris Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read Love and Death in Paris aloud.

What Reading Level is Love and Death in Paris?

Love and Death in Paris is suitable for students ages 12 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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