The Duchesse of Langeais
The Duchesse of Langeais by Honoré de Balzac is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 533 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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The Duchesse of Langeais
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
- Chapter XVI Chapter 16
- Chapter XVII Chapter 17
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- Duchesse
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- Langeais
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- Second
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- Trilogy
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