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Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen

Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne is available here as the complete text, split into 1421 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #12051.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 38 chapters

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Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen

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  1. Chapter I 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #12051, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 592 minutes of reading across 1421 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Brig-schooner
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Pilgrim
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