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A Rent In A Cloud

A Rent In A Cloud by Charles Lever is available here as the complete text, split into 693 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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A Rent In A Cloud by Charles Lever. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #32082.

24 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 24 chapters

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A Rent In A Cloud

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  1. Chapter I The White Horse at Coblentz 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Passengers on the Steamboat 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Fellow-Travellers’ Life 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The “Lago D’orta.” 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Old Memories 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Sophy’s Letter 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Dissension 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Growing Darker 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX On the Road 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X A Daybreak Beside the Rhine 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Life at the Villa 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Darker and Darker 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Last Walk in the Garden 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Sisters’ Confidences 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Lovers’ Quarrel 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Parting Sorrows 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Tidings from Bengal 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX A Shock 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Again at Orta 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Return 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII A Letter of Confessions 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII A Storm 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Last and the Shortest 6 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of A Rent In A Cloud by Charles Lever carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #32082, divided into 24 chapters and 693 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Is this the complete text of A Rent In A Cloud?

Yes. All 3463 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #32082 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Rent In A Cloud is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #32082, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Rent In A Cloud take to read?

About 288 minutes of reading across 693 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in A Rent In A Cloud

Words and structures a reader meets early in A Rent In A Cloud, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Window
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Weissen
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Coblentz
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Looking
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