Arthur O'Leary
Arthur O'Leary by Charles Lever is available here as the complete text, split into 1225 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles Lever. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #32424.
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Arthur O'Leary
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II The “Attwood.”
- Chapter III The Boar’s Head at Rotterdam
- Chapter IV Van Hoogendorp’s Tale
- Chapter V Mems. and Moralizings
- Chapter VI Antwerp--“the Fischer’s Haus.”
- Chapter VII Mr. O’kelly’s Tale
- Chapter VIII O’kelly’s Tale.--Continued
- Chapter IX Mr. O’kelly’s Tale.--Concluded
- Chapter X Table-Traits
- Chapter XI A Dilemma
- Chapter XII , a Fragment of Forest Life
- Chapter XIII Chateau Life
- Chapter XIV The Abbe’s Story
- Chapter XV The Chase
- Chapter XVI A Narrow Escape
- Chapter XVII A Mountain Adventure
- Chapter XVIII The Bore--a Soldier of the Empire
- Chapter XIX The Retreat from Leipsic
- Chapter XX The Top of a Diligence
- Chapter XXI Bonn and Student Life
- Chapter XXII The Student
- Chapter XXIII Spas and Grand Dukedoms
- Chapter XXIV The Travelling Party
- Chapter XXV The Gambling-Room
- Chapter XXVI A Watering-Place Doctor
- Chapter XXVII Sir Harry Wycherley
- Chapter XXVIII The Recovery House
- Chapter XXIX The ‘Dream of Death’
- Chapter XXX The Strange Guest
- Chapter XXXI The Park
- Chapter XXXII The Baron’s Story
- Chapter XXXIII The Wartburg and Eisenach
- Chapter XXXIV “Erfurt”
- Chapter XXXV The Herr. Director Klug
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Project Gutenberg eBook #32424, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Arthur O'Leary take to read?
About 510 minutes of reading across 1225 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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