The song of Bernadette
Book club ed.
Our rough guess is there are 114,750 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 7 hours and 39 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 16 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Word Count
114,750 words, Guess
Page Count
459 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesongofbernadettewe00werf
- OCLC Control Number8654653
- Open LibraryOL24648071M
Classifications
- DDC833/.9/12
- LCCPT2647.E77 .W474 1942
Description
This book is a historic novel, not a fictive work. It is the fulfillment of the vow of its author, Franz Werfel during a time he describes of great dread in the last days of 1940, as a Jew, he and his wife were in flight from their mortal enemies after the collapse of France to the National Socialists troops who occupied the border town of Hendaye. It is in the Pyrenean city of Lourdes France that Franz Werfel and his wife eluded the NAZI National Socialists. They would be concealed for several weeks as Franz Werfel became acquainted through faithful testimony the wondrous facts concerning the 14 year old girl, Bernadette Soubirous in the year 1858. The miraculous healings of Lourdes and the 18 Marian Apparitions of “the beautiful lady” who brought a message of prayer, repentance and hope to the world through a child who would become known throughout the world as Saint Bernadette. The healing waters still flows from the spring Bernadette dug with her hands, as guided by the beautiful lady known now as Our Lady of Lourdes, Mary...the Mother of Jesus Christ.
Subjects
Other Editions
- The song of Bernadette
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!