Catriona
Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson is available here as the complete text, split into 1037 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #589.
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Catriona
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II A Beggar on Horseback
- Chapter III The Highland Writer
- Chapter IV I Go to Pilrig
- Chapter V Lord Advocate Prestongrange
- Chapter VI In the Advocate’s House
- Chapter VII Umquile the Master of Lovat
- Chapter VIII I Make a Fault in Honour
- Chapter IX The Bravo
- Chapter X The Heather on Fire
- Chapter XI The Red-Headed Man
- Chapter XII The Wood by Silvermills
- Chapter XIII On the March Again with Alan
- Chapter XIV Gillane Sands
- Chapter XV The Bass
- Chapter XVI Black Andie’s Tale of Tod Lapraik
- Chapter XVII The Missing Witness
- Chapter XVIII The Memorial
- Chapter XIX The Tee’d Ball
- Chapter XX I Am Much in the Hands of the Ladies
- Chapter XXI I Continue to Move in Good Society
- Chapter XXII The Voyage into Holland
- Chapter XXIII Helvoetsluys
- Chapter XXIV Travels in Holland
- Chapter XXV Full Story of a Copy of Heineccius
- Chapter XXVI The Return of James More
- Chapter XXVII The Threesome
- Chapter XXVIII A Twosome
- Chapter XXIX In Which I Am Left Alone
- Chapter XXX We Meet in Dunkirk
- Chapter XXXI The Letter from the Ship
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Is this the complete text of Catriona?
Yes. All 5183 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #589 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #589, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Catriona take to read?
About 431 minutes of reading across 1037 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Catriona
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- Charles
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- Baxter
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- Writer
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- Signet
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