Modeste Mignon
Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac is available here as the complete text, split into 779 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1482.
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- Chapter I The Chalet
- Chapter II A Portrait from Life
- Chapter III Preliminaries
- Chapter IV A Simple Story
- Chapter V The Problem Still Unsolved
- Chapter VI A Maiden’s First Romance
- Chapter VII A Poet of the Angelic School
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI What Comes of Correspondence
- Chapter XII A Declaration of Love,--Set to Music
- Chapter XIII A Full-Length Portrait of Monsieur de la Briere
- Chapter XIV Matters Grown Complicated
- Chapter XV A Father Steps In
- Chapter XVI Disenchanted
- Chapter XVII A Third Suitor
- Chapter XVIII A Splendid First Appearance
- Chapter XIX Of Which the Author Thinks a Good Deal
- Chapter XX The Poet Does His Exercises
- Chapter XXI Modeste Plays Her Part
- Chapter XXII A Riddle Guessed
- Chapter XXIII Butscha Distinguishes Himself
- Chapter XXIV The Poet Feels That He Is Loved Too Well
- Chapter XXV A Diplomatic Letter
- Chapter XXVI True Love
- Chapter XXVII A Girl’s Revenge
- Chapter XXVIII Modeste Behaves with Dignity
- Chapter XXIX Conclusion
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