Azab dan Sengsara
- Approximate level
- B1
- Length
- 41,817 words
- Reading time
- 3 h 29 min
- Chapters
- 9
- Language
- Indonesian
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Merari Siregar’s early twentieth-century novel opens in Sipirok, where a young woman sits by a river as evening settles over the village. Its descriptions of rural life, nature, prayer, and household routines use older Indonesian vocabulary and formal, literary phrasing. The sentences are often long, with layered clauses and comparisons, so the opening asks you to follow details carefully. The book turns on personal hardship and social expectations, bringing village customs and family life into its emotional world.
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Questions about this book
What level of Indonesian do I need for this book?
The estimate is B1, based on how common the words are and how long the sentences run. It is an approximation, not a test result. With a translation under every sentence you can start one level earlier than you would with a paper copy.
Is this book really free?
Yes. The work is in the public domain, and the text comes from Wikisource under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, so it costs nothing. In Lingo7 you open the book and read the first page for free; a subscription unlocks the whole library, the audio and the word practice.
How does reading with a translation work?
Lingo7 shows the original sentence and, right under it, the same sentence in your language. Tap a word to see what it means, hear it, and save it for practice. The translation is made while you read, so it works for any book and for 50 languages.
How long does it take to read?
About 3 h 29 min at a native pace, spread over 9 chapters. In a foreign language plan for more: half an hour a day finishes a book of this size in a few weeks.
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