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Stories from the Chap-Book: Being a Miscellany of Curious and Interesting Tales, Histories, &c; Newly Composed by Many Celebrated Writers and Very Delightful to Read.

by Katharine Lee Bates

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateClassics19 chapters
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CEFR level
B2
Length
19 chapters
Format
The complete book

About this book

About this book

An elderly couple grapples with the haunting memories of their lost daughters on a stormy night, as the boundaries between grief and the supernatural blur beneath the moonlit sky. Shadows and laughter stir hopes and fears in a garden filled with fading echoes.

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Contents

19 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02AN IMPASSABLE GULF
03IN A GARDEN
04ORESTE’S PATRON
05THE APPEAL TO ANNE
06I—FROM ROGER
07II—FROM DORIS
08III—THE TWO WOMEN
09THE DEAD OAK
10THE MAKING OF MONSIEUR LESCARBOT’S BALLAD
11ON THE BRINK
12I

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