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From the Log of the Velsa

From the Log of the Velsa by Arnold Bennett is available here as the complete text, split into 391 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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From the Log of the Velsa by Arnold Bennett. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55113.

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From the Log of the Velsa

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  1. Chapter I 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Dutch Leisure 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Dutch Work 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Zuyder Zee 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Some Towns 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Museums 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Yacht I Lost 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Baltic Communities 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A day’s SAIL 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Danish Capital 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Cafés and Restaurants 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Aristocracy and Art 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Return 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Folkestone to Boulogne 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Bruges 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII East Anglia 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII In Suffolk 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Incomparable Blackwater 18 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #55113, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 162 minutes of reading across 391 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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