The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Honoré de Balzac is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 176 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Honoré de Balzac. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1344.
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The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
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This edition of The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Honoré de Balzac carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1344, divided into 5 chapters and 176 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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How is The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan divided for reading?
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 176 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 5 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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Every sentence of The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
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Is this the complete text of The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan?
Yes. All 876 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1344 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #1344, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan take to read?
About 73 minutes of reading across 176 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Disasters
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Revolution
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Destroyed
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Aristocratic
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.