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"Short Sixes": Stories to be Read While the Candle Burns
by H. C. Bunner
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- CEFR level
- C1
- Length
- 15 chapters
- Format
- The complete book
About this book
About this book
In a cozy New York room, two young women hold a secret ritual worshipping the portrait of a famed French tenor, embodying the restless yearning of youth to idolize and find meaning beyond their wealthy, respectable lives.
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