It takes the average reader 2 hours and 29 minutes to read The Road Past Altamont by Gabrielle Roy
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
First published in French in 1966, The Road Past Altamont pierces to the heart of a child's world, craeting a delicate, yet substantial network of impressions, emotions, and relationships. In her writing, Gabrielle Roy allowed "nothing extraneous or false to stand," according to the translator, Joyce Marshall. The literary style of Roy, whose fiction reflects her childhood on the Canadian prairie, has often been compared to that of Willa Cather.øThe Road Past Altamont takes a sensitive French-Canadian girl, Christine, from childhood innocence to maturity. Four connected stories reveal...
The Road Past Altamont by Gabrielle Roy is 146 pages long, and a total of 37,376 words.
This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 24 minutes to read The Road Past Altamont aloud.
The Road Past Altamont is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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