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By the gods beloved

By the gods beloved by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy is available here as the complete text, split into 775 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy32 chapters

By the gods beloved by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #72901.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 32 chapters

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  1. Chapter I 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Tankerville’s Hobby 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Shade of Neit-Akrit 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Tomb of the Greek Priest 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Rock of Anubis 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Gates of Kamt 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Temple of Ra 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Temple of Ra 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Idol of the People 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Messenger of Princess Neit-Akrit 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Judgment-Hall of Men-Ne-Fer 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Crown of Kamt 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Making of an Enemy 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Neit-Akrit, Princess of Kamt 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Divinely Fair 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Danger 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Love or Hate? 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII A Debt of Honour 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Bridal City 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Crime 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Alternative 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Helpless 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Marriage 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII White Rosemary 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Threat 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX The Departure from Tanis 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Rosemary for Remembrance 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII The End 4 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #72901, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 322 minutes of reading across 775 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Baroness
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Orczy
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Author
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