The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafés, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour
Author: DeJean, Joan E.
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
10.4
Points
18.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
85945
Points per Word
0.000209
Page Count
303
Points per Page
0.059406
Description
This book reveals how seventeenth-century French culture set the standards of sophistication, style, and glamour that still rule modern society.