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Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp

Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe is available here as the complete text, split into 2458 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Harriet Beecher Stowe40 chapters

Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55012.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp

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  1. Chapter I 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 124 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 102 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 160 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 89 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 178 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 84 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 90 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 97 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 119 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 600 minutes of reading across 2458 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp

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Dismal
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Swamp
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Speeds
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Rugged
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