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Henry Dunbar: A Novel

Henry Dunbar: A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon is available here as the complete text, split into 1419 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon40 chapters

Henry Dunbar: A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9189.

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Henry Dunbar: A Novel

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  1. Chapter I Margaret's Father 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Meeting at the Railway Station 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Stroke of Death 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Sinking the Past 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V After Five-and-Thirty Years 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The First Stage on the Journey Home 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII How Henry Dunbar Waited Dinner 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Laura Dunbar 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Inquest 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Margaret's Journey 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Baffled 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Is It Love or Fear? 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Broken Picture 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Three Who Suspect 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Laura Dunbar's Disappointment 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII New Hopes May Bloom 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Steeple-Chase 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Bride That the Rain Rains On 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Unbidden Guest Who Came to Laura Dunbar's Wedding 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI After the Wedding 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII What Happened in the Back Parlour of the Banking-House 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Clement Austin's Wooing 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Buying Diamonds 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Stopped upon the Way 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Clement Austin Makes a Sacrifice 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII What Happened at Maudesley Abbey 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Margaret's Return 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Farewell 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX A Discovery at the Luxembourg 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Looking for the Portrait 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Notes from a Journal Kept by Clement Austin During His Journey to Winchester 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Clement Austin's Journal Continued 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Flight 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV At Maudesley Abbey 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI The Housemaid at Woodbine Cottage 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII On the Track 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Giving It Up 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Clement's Story.—before the Dawn 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL The Dawn 15 readings five lines each Open chapter

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