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Off on a Comet! A Journey Through Planetary Space

Off on a Comet! A Journey Through Planetary Space by Jules Verne is available here as the complete text, split into 883 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Jules Verne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1353.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Off on a Comet! A Journey Through Planetary Space

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  1. Chapter I A Challenge 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Captain Servadac and His Orderly 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Interrupted Effusions 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Convulsion of Nature 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V A Mysterious Sea 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Captain Makes an Exploration 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Ben Zoof Watches in Vain 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Inquiries Unsatisfied 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A Search for Algeria 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X An Island Tomb 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI At the Mercy of the Winds 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII A Royal Salute 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Sensitive Nationality 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV An Enigma from the Sea 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Residuum of a Continent 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Second Enigma 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII An Unexpected Population 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Gallia’s Governor General 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX A Light on the Horizon 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Winter Quarters 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI A Carrier-Pigeon 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII A Sledge-Ride 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Astronomer 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV A Revelation 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Professor’s Experiences 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI A Revised Calendar 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Wanted: A Steelyard 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Gallia Weighed 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Jupiter Somewhat Close 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Market Prices in Gallia 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII A Fete Day 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV The Bowels of the Comet 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The Professor Perplexed 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII A Bold Proposition 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Venture Made 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Suspense 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 11 readings five lines each Open chapter

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