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Vagabondia: 1884

Vagabondia: 1884 by Frances Hodgson Burnett is available here as the complete text, split into 972 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Frances Hodgson Burnett20 chapters

Vagabondia 1884 by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #25727.

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  1. Chapter I 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II ~ in Which We Hold Counsel 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V ~ a Lily of the Field 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI ~ in Which the Philistines Be upon Us 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII ~ “Wanted, a Young Person.” 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII ~ in Which a Spark Is Applied 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX ~ the Beginning of the Ending 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X ~ in Which We Are Unorthodox 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI ~ in Slippery Places 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII ~ in Which Comes a Wind Which Blows Nobody Good 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII ~ in Which There Is an Explosion 103 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV ~ Seven Long Years, Beloved, Seven Long Years 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI ~ in Which We Try Switzerland 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII ~ If You Should Die 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII ~ Do You Know That She Is Dying? 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX ~ Grif! 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter

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