Frank Reade Jr. and His Engine of the Clouds
Frank Reade Jr. and His Engine of the Clouds by Luis Senarens is available here as the complete text, split into 349 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Frank Reade Jr. and His Engine of the Clouds Or, Chased Around the World in the Sky by Luis Senarens. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #54648.
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II The Engine of the Clouds
- Chapter III A Stowaway
- Chapter IV A Light from the Sky
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI Foiled Again
- Chapter VII Saved from Death
- Chapter VIII Baffled Again and Again
- Chapter IX The Oasis in the Desert
- Chapter X Buying a Ship’s Crew
- Chapter XI In a Tiger’s Jaws
- Chapter XII Loss of a Wheel
- Chapter XIII
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