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Chaste as Ice, Pure as Snow: A Novel

Chaste as Ice, Pure as Snow: A Novel by C. (Charlotte) Despard is available here as the complete text, split into 1737 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

C. (Charlotte) Despard37 chapters

Chaste as Ice, Pure as Snow: A Novel by C. (Charlotte) Despard. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #58324.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 37 chapters

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Chaste as Ice, Pure as Snow: A Novel

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  1. Chapter I 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 118 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 91 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 73 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 87 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 53 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #58324, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 1737 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Chaste
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Novel
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Despard
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Marry
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