Paz (La Fausse Maitresse)
Paz (La Fausse Maitresse) by Honoré de Balzac is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 187 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Paz (La Fausse Maitresse) by Honoré de Balzac. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1369.
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This edition of Paz (La Fausse Maitresse) by Honoré de Balzac carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1369, divided into 6 chapters and 187 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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Paz (La Fausse Maitresse) is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Paz (La Fausse Maitresse) as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 187 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 6 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #1369, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 77 minutes of reading across 187 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Paz (La Fausse Maitresse)
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- September
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- Richest
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- Heiresses
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- Faubourg
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