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A Romance of the West Indies

A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue is available here as the complete text, split into 1106 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Eugène Sue37 chapters

A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #29894.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 37 chapters

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A Romance of the West Indies

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  1. Chapter I 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 52 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #29894, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Romance of the West Indies take to read?

About 460 minutes of reading across 1106 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Romance
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Romance of the West Indies; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Indies
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Eugene
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Marian
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