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The Head of the House of Coombe

The Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett is available here as the complete text, split into 1405 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Frances Hodgson Burnett31 chapters

The Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6491.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 31 chapters

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The Head of the House of Coombe

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  1. Chapter I 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 73 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 63 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #6491, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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Vocabulary met early in The Head of the House of Coombe

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House
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Coombe
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Title
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Found
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