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A Volunteer with Pike

A Volunteer with Pike by Robert Ames Bennet is available here as the complete text, split into 1278 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Robert Ames Bennet36 chapters

A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Robert Ames Bennet. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #33091.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 36 chapters

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A Volunteer with Pike

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  1. Chapter I 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 39 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Is this the complete text of A Volunteer with Pike?

Yes. All 6387 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #33091 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Volunteer with Pike is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #33091, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Volunteer with Pike take to read?

About 532 minutes of reading across 1278 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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First
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Blessed
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Sight
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Senorita
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