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Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 — Volume 2, Boethius and Troilus

Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 — Volume 2, Boethius and Troilus by Geoffrey Chaucer is available here as the complete text, split into 5194 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 — Boethius and Troilus by Geoffrey Chaucer. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44833.

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Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 — Volume 2, Boethius and Troilus

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  1. Chapter I 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Philosophy enlarges on the wiles of Fortune (pr. 1), and 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Boethius begins to receive comfort (pr. 1). Philosophy 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V This book opens with a discussion of the existence of evil, and 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Boethius asks questions concerning Chance (pr. 1). An example 567 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 244 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 272 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 309 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 233 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 200 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 326 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 458 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 474 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 473 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 522 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 120 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 115 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 144 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 103 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 84 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 107 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 103 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 141 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 154 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Notes
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Boethius
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Troilus
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Introduction
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