The house of five gables

Name: The house of five gables
Author: Mary Johnson Holmes

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Yes — read The house of five gables by Mary Johnson Holmes in English: the complete original text, with tap-to-translate on every word, audio narration, and saved vocabulary. Its CEFR level is C1. Start with a free sample.

CEFR level: C1
Length: 21 chapters
Format: The complete book

About this book

An ancestral mansion with five gables hides a storied past of wealth, wild excess, and looming ruin as its current master faces the collapse of his fortune and the haunting legacy of his family’s rise and fall in colonial America.

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