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He Knew He Was Right

He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope is available here as the complete text, split into 3767 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5140.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 40 chapters

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He Knew He Was Right

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  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 114 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 107 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 103 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 88 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 87 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 110 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 90 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 87 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 125 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 83 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 120 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 102 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 104 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 133 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 87 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 121 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 84 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 108 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Chapter 23 87 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Chapter 24 117 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Chapter 25 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Chapter 26 124 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Chapter 27 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Chapter 28 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Chapter 29 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Chapter 30 115 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Chapter 31 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Chapter 32 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Chapter 33 133 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Chapter 34 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Chapter 35 137 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Chapter 36 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Chapter 37 119 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Chapter 38 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Chapter 39 104 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL Chapter 40 47 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Colonel
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Osborne
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