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Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 — Volume 1, Romaunt of the Rose

Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 — Volume 1, Romaunt of the Rose by Geoffrey Chaucer is available here as the complete text, split into 5248 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Geoffrey Chaucer38 chapters

Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 — Romaunt of the Rose by Geoffrey Chaucer. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #43089.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 — Volume 1, Romaunt of the Rose

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  1. Chapter I 148 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 153 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 151 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 154 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 161 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 164 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 147 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 127 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 166 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 141 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 132 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 162 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 125 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 139 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 127 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 120 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 100 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 120 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 113 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 107 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 129 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 115 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 135 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 103 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 123 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 127 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 125 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 151 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 148 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 141 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 154 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 151 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 149 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 147 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 141 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 149 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 144 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 141 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 — Volume 1, Romaunt of the Rose is presented in 38 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #43089, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 — Volume 1, Romaunt of the Rose take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 5248 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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