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Blood Royal: A Novel

Blood Royal: A Novel by Grant Allen is available here as the complete text, split into 500 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Blood Royal: A Novel by Grant Allen. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #47426.

18 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Blood Royal: A Novel

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  1. Chapter I Peradventure 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Head of the House 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Discounting It 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Royal Pourparler 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Good Society 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Proof of the Pudding 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Affairs of the Heart 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII At 'Oxford College.' 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A Sudden Resolve 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Mr. Plantagenet Lives Again 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Tragedy Wins 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII An Unexpected Visitor 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Breaking It Off 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Willing Prisoner 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Looking About Him 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII In Search of an Ancestor 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Good Out of Evil 30 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Is this the complete text of Blood Royal: A Novel?

Yes. All 2497 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #47426 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #47426, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Blood Royal: A Novel take to read?

About 208 minutes of reading across 500 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Blood Royal: A Novel

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Chiddingwick
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Street
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Quaintest
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Picturesque
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