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A Child's History of England

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens is available here as the complete text, split into 1082 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Charles Dickens37 chapters

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #699.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 37 chapters

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A Child's History of England

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  1. Chapter I Ancient England and the Romans 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Ancient England Under the Early Saxons 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III England Under the Good Saxon, Alfred 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV England Under Athelstan and the Six Boy-Kings 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI England Under Harold Harefoot, Hardicanute, and Edward the Confessor 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII England Under Harold the Second, and Conquered by the Normans 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII England Under William the First, the Norman Conqueror 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX England Under William the Second, Called Rufus 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X England Under Henry the First, Called Fine-Scholar 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI England Under Matilda and Stephen 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII England Under Richard the First, Called the Lion-Heart 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV England Under King John, Called Lackland 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV England Under Henry the Third, Called, of Winchester 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI England Under Edward the First, Called Longshanks 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII England Under Edward the Second 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII England Under Edward the Third 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX England Under Richard the Second 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX England Under Henry the Fourth, Called Bolingbroke 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII England Under Edward the Fourth 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV England Under Edward the Fifth 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV England Under Richard the Third 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI England Under Henry the Seventh 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX England Under Edward the Sixth 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX England Under Mary 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI England Under Elizabeth 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII England Under James the First 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII England Under Charles the First 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV England Under Oliver Cromwell 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV England Under Charles the Second, Called the Merry Monarch 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI England Under James the Second 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 6 readings five lines each Open chapter

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