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"Contemptible", by "Casualty"

"Contemptible", by "Casualty" by Unknown is available here as the complete text, split into 581 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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"Contemptible", by "Casualty" by Unknown. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #18103.

33 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 33 chapters

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"Contemptible", by "Casualty"

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  1. Chapter I 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Peace
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Reigned
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Taste
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Careless
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