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La petite maison bleue

B1Mystery≈470 words

Matching marks in returned library books lead to an unexpected puzzle.

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Mystery

Une bénévole remarque le même dessin dans plusieurs livres rendus à la bibliothèque.

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La sonnette du deuxième étage

B1Comedy≈430 words

A theatre rehearsal sends its doorbell cue to the wrong room.

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Comedy

Une répétition de théâtre sonne soudain dans une autre salle du centre municipal.

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LingoReader. La sonnette du deuxième étage. Original short fiction, title cover, reading layout and navigation prepared for LingoReader.

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Le Petit Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

B1–B2Fantasy

A pilot stranded in the desert meets a little prince who has traveled from a tiny planet.

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Fantasy · Friendship and family

A pilot stranded in the desert meets a little prince who has traveled from a tiny planet. Through stories of a beloved rose, peculiar adults, and a wise fox, their friendship opens a gentle reflection on love, loneliness, and the things that give life meaning.

Short scenes and repeated dialogue support reading; figurative meanings and literary past forms add depth.

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — Le Petit Prince. French original text and author illustrations. Source: https://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300771h.html EPUB prepared by LingoReader. Source repository branded header, cover and proprietary framing omitted as required for commercial/device-format reuse. All dedication/chapter prose and author illustrations preserved unchanged; source terms: https://www.gutenberg.net.au/licence.html. Cover: Original LingoReader title-cover design.

Contes choisis de la famille

Jacob Grimm · Wilhelm Grimm

B1–B2Fantasy

Clever animals, enchanted encounters, and ordinary people facing extraordinary tests fill this selection of tales associated with the Brothers Grimm.

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Fantasy · Friendship and family

Clever animals, enchanted encounters, and ordinary people facing extraordinary tests fill this selection of tales associated with the Brothers Grimm. The stories move between humor, wonder, and darker lessons, exploring how courage, kindness, pride, or cunning can change a person's fortunes.

Familiar tales and concrete events help, but older expressions and extended sentences need support.

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Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm — Contes choisis de la famille. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12250. Original source notices and contributor credits retained. Catalog title cover: LingoReader.

La marque des quatre

Arthur Conan Doyle

B2–C1Mystery

A young woman brings Sherlock Holmes a mystery involving her missing father, anonymous gifts, and an unexpected invitation.

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Mystery

A young woman brings Sherlock Holmes a mystery involving her missing father, anonymous gifts, and an unexpected invitation. Holmes and Watson follow a trail through London that links a stolen treasure to old betrayals, a baffling death, and a dangerous pursuit.

Clear investigation scenes include formal descriptions and specialized observational vocabulary.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan — La marque des quatre. Translation: Oilliamson, Jeanne de Polignac, comtesse d'. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76433. Original source notices and contributor credits retained. Catalog title cover: LingoReader.

Les trois mousquetaires

Alexandre Dumas · Auguste Maquet

B2–C1Travel and adventure

Young d'Artagnan arrives in Paris hoping to become a musketeer and finds friendship with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.

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Travel and adventure · History

Young d'Artagnan arrives in Paris hoping to become a musketeer and finds friendship with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Their adventures draw them into duels, secret missions, and dangerous court intrigues, where loyalty matters as much as skill with a sword.

Clear action and dialogue help, while period expressions and complex motives need support.

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Vingt mille Lieues Sous Les Mers — Complete

Jules Verne

B2–C1Science

Professor Aronnax joins a search for a mysterious sea creature and discovers Captain Nemo's remarkable submarine, the Nautilus.

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Science · Travel and adventure · Nature

Professor Aronnax joins a search for a mysterious sea creature and discovers Captain Nemo's remarkable submarine, the Nautilus. Held aboard with two companions, he explores the wonders and dangers of the ocean while trying to understand their secretive captain and find a way home.

Nautical and biological terminology accompanies clear events and formal narration.

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Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours

Jules Verne

B2–C1Travel and adventure

Phileas Fogg wagers that he can travel around the world in eighty days and sets out with his new servant Passepartout.

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Travel and adventure

Phileas Fogg wagers that he can travel around the world in eighty days and sets out with his new servant Passepartout. Trains, ships, unexpected delays, and a pursuing detective turn their carefully timed itinerary into a race that leaves little room for mistakes.

Clear travel events mix formal narration with transport and period-specific vocabulary.

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Aventures d’Alice au pays des merveilles

Lewis Carroll

B1–B2Fantasy

Alice follows a hurried White Rabbit down a rabbit hole and enters a world where size, language, and logic keep changing.

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Fantasy · Comedy

Alice follows a hurried White Rabbit down a rabbit hole and enters a world where size, language, and logic keep changing. Talking animals, an eccentric tea party, and the Queen of Hearts turn her search for a way onward into a delightfully bewildering adventure.

Concrete action and repeated characters help, while wordplay and unusual expressions need attention.

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Carroll, Lewis — Aventures d’Alice au pays des merveilles. Translation: Bué, Henri. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55456. Original source notices and contributor credits retained. Catalog title cover: LingoReader.

Candide, ou l'optimisme

Voltaire

B2–C1Travel and adventure

Raised to believe that everything happens for the best, Candide is driven from home and thrown into a world of war, disaster, and injustice.

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Travel and adventure · Comedy

Raised to believe that everything happens for the best, Candide is driven from home and thrown into a world of war, disaster, and injustice. His search for the woman he loves becomes a sharp, often absurd journey that repeatedly tests the optimistic philosophy he was taught.

Compact events help orientation, while philosophical satire and historical allusions need context.

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Voyage au Centre de la Terre

Jules Verne

B2–C1Travel and adventure

An old coded message sends Professor Lidenbrock and his reluctant nephew Axel to Iceland in search of a route beneath the earth.

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Travel and adventure · Science

An old coded message sends Professor Lidenbrock and his reluctant nephew Axel to Iceland in search of a route beneath the earth. With their guide Hans, they enter a volcano and confront underground seas, extraordinary discoveries, and the dangers of an uncertain return.

Direct dialogue supports the plot, with geological terms and formal literary narration.

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