It takes the average reader 1 hour and 13 minutes to read The Sentence by Charlotte Delbo
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The Sentence (red ink) Play in Three Acts “La Sentence” was first performed in Paris after the author’ s death as an oratorio created and directed by master n flutist Francois Veilhan, protégé, devotee and close friend of the author. This is what he tells us: "A few sentences to tell you why “The Sentence” by Charlotte Delbo is a marvelous theatrical moment for me, why I wished for years on end to work the text . ..There is something within it resembling an item of clothing that remained in the shadow of a closet after the death of a beloved friend, something immuvable and colored, solemn and shared. Acquaintance with a precise event,...birthes in the author the necessity for a “theatrical space.” Not exactly a play, as we know them, with contradictions, confrontations, unity, alterity, characters and action. No, more a theatrical space...”
The Sentence by Charlotte Delbo is 73 pages long, and a total of 18,469 words.
This makes it 25% the length of the average book. It also has 23% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 40 minutes to read The Sentence aloud.
The Sentence is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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