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The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence

The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Eugène Sue is available here as the complete text, split into 1275 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Eugène Sue. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #38142.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence

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  1. Chapter I 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 27 readings five lines each Open chapter

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