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Jack Hinton: The Guardsman

Jack Hinton: The Guardsman by Charles Lever is available here as the complete text, split into 1526 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Jack Hinton: The Guardsman by Charles Lever. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #33082.

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Jack Hinton: The Guardsman

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  1. Chapter I 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Irish Packet 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Castle 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Review in the Phoenix 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Sham Battle 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Visit 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Ball 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII A Negotiation 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A Night of Trouble 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Parting 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI A Morning in Town 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII An Evening in Town 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Canal-Boat 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Shannon Harbour 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Moonlight Canter 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Steeplechase 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Race Ball 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Inn Fire 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX A Country Doctor 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Bob Mahon and the Widow 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Priest's Gig 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Journey 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Murranakilty 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV St. Senan's Well 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI An Unlooked-for Meeting 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Tipperary Joe 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Assize Town 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Bad Dinner 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Farewell to Ireland 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI London 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII The Horse Guards 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Retreat from Burgos 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV The March 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The Retreat 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI The Four-in-Hand 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Paris in 1814 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Roni Fête 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Disclosures 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL New Arrivals 24 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #33082, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 1526 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Guardsman
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Chapman
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Preface
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