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Les Misérables, V. 5/5: Jean Valjean

Les Misérables, V. 5/5: Jean Valjean by Victor Hugo is available here as the complete text, split into 1111 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Les Misérables, v. 5/5: Jean Valjean by Victor Hugo. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #48735.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 39 chapters

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Les Misérables, V. 5/5: Jean Valjean

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  1. Chapter I 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 86 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 88 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 61 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 462 minutes of reading across 1111 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Les Misérables, V. 5/5: Jean Valjean

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Rables
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Victor
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Fifth
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Valjean
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