How Long to Read Postcard from Truskaweic Spa

How Long Does it Take to Read Postcard from Truskaweic Spa?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 37 minutes to read Postcard from Truskaweic Spa by George Oscar Lee

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

Description

Emilla Rubinstein is the only child of a wealthy entrepreneur in pre-war Poland. She leads a carefree, privileged life, and while vacationing in Truskawiec meets the handsome, young Czartoryski, presumably of noble birth. They fall in love. Czartoryski charms his way into the Rubinstein family, claiming his own family lost all wealth.. The Rubinsteins object to their relationship due to the difference in religion. Nonetheless, they help him financially for the sake of their pampered daughter. The hot romance is soon interrupted by the outbreak of W.W. II. Emilia is caught into the web of Holocaust and is forced to mature very quickly. She becomes separated from her parents and every day is a struggle for survival. She assumes an Aryan name of Jadwiga (Jadzia) Slowikowska and joins the Underground. She exhibits great heroism. At the same time, Czartoryski's greed and anti-Semitism brings out his opportunistic nature. Jadzia (Emilia) learns to her dismay, that her former lover is responsible for the death of her parents. Czartoryski denounces her to the Gestapo. Sent to Treblinka she manages to escape from the train. Wounded, she is being taken care of by a 14 year old peasant girl, whom she later adopts. She rejoins the partisans and eventually joins the Polish-Soviet Army where she ultimately rises to a high ranking position. In Jadzia's survival, increases her determination to free her country and bring the guilty to justice. In the Army she meets Capt. Lucjan Lisowski , who proves to be her true love. Together they hunt down Czartoryski, who claims to be the victim. His criminal activities are exposed and appropriate punishment is meted out. Jadzia and Lisowski get married and having overcome many hurdles , escape the Communist Poland via Czechoslovakia and Germany. Lisowski a Catholic is very sympathetic to the plight of Jews and is willing to emigrate to Israel, however they wind up in Australia and become very successful.

How long is Postcard from Truskaweic Spa?

Postcard from Truskaweic Spa by George Oscar Lee is 393 pages long, and a total of 99,429 words.

This makes it 133% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Postcard from Truskaweic Spa Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 3 minutes to read Postcard from Truskaweic Spa aloud.

What Reading Level is Postcard from Truskaweic Spa?

Postcard from Truskaweic Spa 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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