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Precaution: A Novel

Precaution: A Novel by James Fenimore Cooper is available here as the complete text, split into 998 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Precaution: A Novel by James Fenimore Cooper. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #10365.

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Academic course · 45 chapters

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Precaution: A Novel

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  1. Chapter I 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  41. Chapter XLI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  42. Chapter XLII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  43. Chapter XLIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  44. Chapter XLIV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  45. Chapter XLV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 415 minutes of reading across 998 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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