About the story
In Celerius, Celer gathers together with his friends from the seven hills of Rome and takes a trip down memory lane to reveal a hitherto unknown detail about his former life in the soft green hills of Britannia. The friends learn that Celer had a girlfriend there, whom he misses dearly. Will fate bring the dogs back together or will Celer mourn his true love forever?
This novella is suitable for an Advanced Beginner.
About the author
Hillary Long graduated with a BA in Classics, MPhil in Classical Archaeology and a PGCE in Classics from Newnham College, Cambridge. She now lives in the Texas Hill Country with her family, and teaches Latin in St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Austin.
About the word count
This novella is 961 words long, and uses 224 different headwords. Of these:
- 122 words are high frequency words from Chapters 1-11 of the course textbook Suburani or introductory chapters of a comparable Latin course.
- 24 words are easily recognizable cognates.
- 18 words are proper nouns or names.
- 72 words or phrases are glossed on the pages where they appear.
About the book
ISBN: 978-1-9128701-2-7
Number of pages: 72