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Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education

Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells is available here as the complete text, split into 2842 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells35 chapters

Joan and Peter: The story of an education by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #61426.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 35 chapters

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Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education

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  1. Chapter I 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 83 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 83 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 81 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #61426, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 2842 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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