L'Étranger mystérieux
Read The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain in French and English, a parallel text graded reader with audio. Available in CEFR levels A2, B1, B2, and C1.
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C'était l'hiver de l'année 1590.
It was winter in the year 1590.
L'Autriche était loin du reste du monde.
Austria was far away from the rest of the world.
Le pays dormait tranquillement.
The country was sleeping and quiet.
La vie en Autriche ressemblait encore au Moyen Âge.
Life in Austria was still like the Middle Ages.
On avait l'impression que ça resterait toujours comme ça.
It seemed like it would stay that way forever.
Certaines personnes disaient que l'Autriche avait des centaines d'années de retard sur d'autres endroits.
Some people said Austria was hundreds of years behind other places.
Ils disaient que les gens là-bas croyaient encore aux vieilles idées et histoires.
They said people there still believed in old ideas and stories.