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An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)

An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery) by Honoré de Balzac is available here as the complete text, split into 688 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery) by Honoré de Balzac. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1678.

20 chaptersComplete chronicle
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An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)

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  1. Chapter I Judas 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Crime Relinquished 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Mask Thrown Off 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Laurence de Cinq-Cygne 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Royalist Homes and Portraits Under the Consulate 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A Domiciliary Visit 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII A Forest Nook 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Trials of the Police 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Foiled 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X One and the Same, yet a Two-Fold Love 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Wise Counsel 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Facts of a Mysterious Affair 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Code of Brumaire, Year IV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Arrests 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Doubts and Fears of Counsel 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Marthe Inveigled 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Trial 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Trial Continued: Cruel Vicissitudes 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Emperor’s Bivouac 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Mystery Solved 45 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #1678, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 286 minutes of reading across 688 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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