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Blown to Bits

Blown to Bits by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne is available here as the complete text, split into 0 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Blown to Bits by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #15348.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 32 chapters

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Blown to Bits

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  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Chapter 23 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Chapter 24 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Chapter 25 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Chapter 26 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Chapter 27 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Chapter 28 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Chapter 29 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Chapter 30 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Chapter 31 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Chapter 32 510 readings five lines each Open chapter

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