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Heart of the World

Heart of the World by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard is available here as the complete text, split into 0 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Heart of the World by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #65901.

26 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 26 chapters

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Heart of the World

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  1. Chapter I 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II How the Plot Failed 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Señor Strickland 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Summons 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Legend of the Heart 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Beginning of the Quest 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII “El Norte” 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII “The Hacienda” 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Supper and After 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Duel 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI How Molas Died 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Zibalbay Tells His Mission 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Maya Descends the Cueva 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Ignatio’s Oath 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The City of the Heart 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI How Zibalbay Came Home 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Curse of Zibalbay 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Plot 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Sacrilege 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Council of the Heart 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Marriage of Maya 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Mattai Prophesies Evil 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Our Flight, and How It Ended 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Nahua Bears Witness 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Farewell 33 readings five lines each Open chapter

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