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Peter: A Novel of Which He Is Not the Hero

Peter: A Novel of Which He Is Not the Hero by Francis Hopkinson Smith is available here as the complete text, split into 1237 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero by Francis Hopkinson Smith. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4516.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 32 chapters

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Peter: A Novel of Which He Is Not the Hero

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  1. Chapter I 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #4516, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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Broadway
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Good-natured
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Tirade
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Railing
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