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Les Heures de mystère

Maurice Leblanc · 1896 · Free in the US

76,572 words · about 5 h 22 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Free in the US: this text is in the public domain in the United States; it may still be in copyright elsewhere.

Licence: PD-US · Published in 1896 (before 1931): public domain in the United States. Text and transcription from fr Wikisource by Wikisource contributors (transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; contributors: https://fr.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Les_Heures_de_mystère&action=history). · Wikisource contributors

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Language
French
Published
1896
Length
76,572 words · about 5 h 22 min
Sections
27 reader sections
Text
Digital text
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (27)
  1. Front matter about 2 h 41 min
  2. 01 about 7 min
  3. 02 about 6 min
  4. 03 about 5 min
  5. 04 about 5 min
  6. 05 about 7 min
  7. 06 about 5 min
  8. 07 about 5 min
  9. 08 about 5 min
  10. 09 about 6 min
  11. 10 about 4 min
  12. 11 about 6 min
  13. 12 about 7 min
  14. 13 about 5 min
  15. 14 about 6 min
  16. 15 about 8 min
  17. 16 about 12 min
  18. 17 about 4 min
  19. 18 about 5 min
  20. 19 about 6 min
  21. 20 about 6 min
  22. 21 about 8 min
  23. 22 about 7 min
  24. 23 about 9 min
  25. 24 about 6 min
  26. 25 about 5 min
  27. 26 about 7 min
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Front matter

Il avait une âme noble avide de loyauté. Et le mensonge l’attristait.

Ayant surpris sa première maîtresse, en délit de dissimulation, il la quitta. À la seconde, il pardonna plusieurs fois. Puis, de la troisième, vaincu, il feignit d’ignorer l’hypocrisie.

Ainsi la vie lui enseignait les compromissions. Il fut l’impuissant témoin de duperies, de serments rompus, de finesses coupables. Les amis se vendent. Les amants se jouent. Les époux se trompent. Et, à son tour, il mentit.

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