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Lewis Arundel

Lewis Arundel by Frank E. (Frank Edward) Smedley is available here as the complete text, split into 1670 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Frank E. (Frank Edward) Smedley40 chapters

Lewis Arundel by Frank E. (Frank Edward) Smedley. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #56600.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Lewis Arundel

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  1. Chapter I 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Showing How Lewis Loses His Temper, and Leaves His Home 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III In Which Richard Frere Mends the Back of St. Thomas 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Is of a Decidedly Warlike Character 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Wherein the Reader Is Introduced to Miss Livingstone, And 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Wherein Richard Frere and Lewis Turn Mahometans 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Lewis Forfeits the Respect of All Poor-Law Guardians 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Presents Tom Bracy in a New and Interesting Aspect 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Miss Livingstone Speaks a Bit of Her Mind 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Contains Much Folly and a Little Common Sense 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Charley Leicester Bewails His Cruel Misfortune 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Train Arrives at an Important Station 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Sunshine After Showers 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Begins Abruptly and Ends Uncomfortably 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII De Grandeville Meets His Match 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Rose and Frere Go to Visit Mr. Nonpareil the Publisher 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Annie Grant Falls into Difficulties 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Contains a “Midnight Struggle,” Garnished with a Due 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Wherein the Reader Diverges into a New Branch of “The 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Depicts the Married Life of Charley Leicester 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Walter Sees a Ghost 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Describes That Indescribable Scene, “the Derby Day.” 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Fate of the Wolf! 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Ursa Major Shows His Teeth 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 41 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #56600, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Lewis Arundel take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1670 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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