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Curly: A Tale of the Arizona Desert

Curly: A Tale of the Arizona Desert by Roger Pocock is available here as the complete text, split into 910 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Curly: A Tale of the Arizona Desert by Roger Pocock. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #41447.

27 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 27 chapters

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Curly: A Tale of the Arizona Desert

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  1. Chapter I 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #41447, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Curly: A Tale of the Arizona Desert take to read?

About 379 minutes of reading across 910 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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