The Bluest Eye
About this book
Each night Pecola prayed for blue eyes. In her eleven years, no one had ever noticed Pecola. But with blue eyes, she thought, everything would be different. She would be so pretty that her parents would stop fighting. Her father would stop drinking. Her brother would stop running away. If only she could be beautiful. If only people would look at her. When someone finally did, it was her father, drunk. He raped her. Soon she would bear his child...
Reader Profile
4.1/5 · 320415 readers · 195 pages · ≈ 3 h 37 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read The Bluest Eye?
About ≈ 3 h 37 m — 195 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Bluest Eye?
195 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Bluest Eye?
It sits on the Classics, Drama, Historical Fiction shelves.
Is The Bluest Eye in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in The Bluest Eye?
The main characters include Pecola Breedlove, Claudia MacTeer, Frieda MacTeer, Cholly Breedlove.
Where does The Bluest Eye take place?
It is set in Ohio, Lorain during 1941.
Who wrote The Bluest Eye?
Toni Morrison.