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Letters of Two Brides

Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac is available here as the complete text, split into 902 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1941.

26 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 26 chapters

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Letters of Two Brides

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This edition of Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1941, divided into 26 chapters and 902 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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Letters of Two Brides is presented in 26 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Letters of Two Brides as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 902 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 26 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Is this the complete text of Letters of Two Brides?

Yes. All 4507 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1941 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #1941, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Letters of Two Brides take to read?

About 375 minutes of reading across 902 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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