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Heriot's Choice: A Tale

Heriot's Choice: A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey is available here as the complete text, split into 1835 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Heriot's Choice: A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35901.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 36 chapters

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Heriot's Choice: A Tale

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  1. Chapter I 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 64 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Yes. All 9172 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #35901 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #35901, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Heriot's Choice: A Tale take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1835 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Heriot's Choice: A Tale

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Author
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Nellie's
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Memories
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