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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is available here as the complete text, split into 453 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #521.

20 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 20 chapters

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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

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  1. Chapter I Start in Life 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Slavery and Escape 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Wrecked on a Desert Island 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV First Weeks on the Island 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Builds a House—the Journal 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Ill and Conscience-Stricken 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Agricultural Experience 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Surveys His Position 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A Boat 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Tames Goats 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Finds Print of Man’s Foot on the Sand 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII A Cave Retreat 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Wreck of a Spanish Ship 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV A Dream Realised 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Friday’s Education 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Rescue of Prisoners from Cannibals 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Visit of Mutineers 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Ship Recovered 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Return to England 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Fight Between Friday and a Bear 18 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #521, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 188 minutes of reading across 453 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Family
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