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Lucretia — Complete

Lucretia — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton is available here as the complete text, split into 1416 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton38 chapters

Lucretia — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #7691.

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  1. Chapter I A Family Group 100 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Lucretia 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Conferences 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Guy’s Oak 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Household Treason 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Will 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Engagement 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Discovery 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A Soul Without Hope 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Reconciliation Between Father and Son 235 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Coronation 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Love at First Sight 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Early Training for an Upright Gentleman 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV John Ardworth 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Weavers and the Woof 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Lawyer and the Body-Snatcher 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Rape of the Mattress 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Percival Visits Lucretia 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Rose Beneath the Upas 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Rattle of the Snake 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Love and Innocence 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Sudden Celebrity and Patient Hope 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Loss of the Crossing 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV News from Grabman 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Varieties 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Invitation to Laughton 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Waking of the Serpent 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Retrospect 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Mr. Grabman’s Adventures 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX More of Mrs. Joplin 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Beck’s Discovery 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII The Tapestry Chamber 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Shades on the Dial 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Murder, Towards His Design, Moves Like a Ghost 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The Messenger Speeds 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI The Spy Flies 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Lucretia Regains Her Son 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Lots Vanish Within the Urn 37 readings five lines each Open chapter

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