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Louise de la Vallière

Louise de la Vallière by Alexandre Dumas is available here as the complete text, split into 1885 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Alexandre Dumas40 chapters

Louise de la Vallière by Alexandre Dumas. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2710.

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Louise de la Vallière

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  1. Chapter I Malaga 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 86 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Rat and the Cheese 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Showing What Could Be Seen from Planchet’s House 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Presentation of Porthos at Court 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Explanations 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 83 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Combat 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The King’s Supper 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of France 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Triumfeminate 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The First Quarrel 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Flight 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Ambassadors 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chaillot 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Mademoiselle de la Vallière’s Pocket-Handkerchief 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Which Treats of Carpentry Operations, and Furnishes 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Apparition 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Portrait 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Courier from Madame 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Two Old Friends 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Wherein May Be Seen that a Bargain Which Cannot Be Made 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI An Interview with the Queen-Mother 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII How Jean de La Fontaine Came to Write His First Tale 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII La Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX M. de Mazarin’s Receipt 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Bragelonne Continues His Inquiries 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII A Domiciliary Visit 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Change of Residence, the Trap-Door, and the Portrait 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Rivals in Politics 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV King and Noble 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Wounds within Wounds 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Political Rivals 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 68 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 600 minutes of reading across 1885 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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