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Bessie's Fortune: A Novel

Bessie's Fortune: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes is available here as the complete text, split into 1355 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Mary Jane Holmes40 chapters

Bessie's Fortune: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #15275.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Bessie's Fortune: A Novel

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  1. Chapter I 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 37 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #15275, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Bessie's Fortune: A Novel take to read?

About 564 minutes of reading across 1355 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Jerrold
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Grand
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Wedding
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Grey's
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