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Attila: A Romance. Vol. I.

Attila: A Romance. Vol. I. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James is available here as the complete text, split into 525 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Attila: A Romance. Vol. I. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #49634.

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Attila: A Romance. Vol. I.

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  1. Chapter I 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Landscape in Dalmatia 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Actors in the Scene 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Meeting 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Young Lovers 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Disaster 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Evil Tidings 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Departure 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Stranger 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Bishop of Margus 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Treason 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Search 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Parting 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Desolation 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Captured City 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Peril and Escape 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Country of the Huns 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Neva 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Hermits 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Chase of the Urus 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The New Friends and New Enemies 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Bitter Wrong 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Meeting of the Parted 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Interval of Happiness 15 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Vocabulary met early in Attila: A Romance. Vol. I.

Words and structures a reader meets early in Attila: A Romance. Vol. I., each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Attila
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Attila: A Romance. Vol. I.; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Romance
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Author
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Gipsy
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