Lucy Harding
Lucy Harding by Mary Jane Holmes is available here as the complete text, split into 627 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Lucy Harding by Mary Jane Holmes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #74921.
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Lucy Harding
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- Chapter I _Nicol Patoff._
- Chapter II _The Gendarme._
- Chapter III _The Dog Chance._
- Chapter IV _Nicol’s House._
- Chapter V _The Highwayman._
- Chapter VI _The Watch._
- Chapter VII _On the Quay._
- Chapter VIII _Sophie Scholaskie._
- Chapter IX _Sophie as Guide._
- Chapter X _One Evening._
- Chapter XI _A Russian Fete._
- Chapter XII _On the Neva._
- Chapter XIII _What Followed._
- Chapter XIV _Letters._
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI _Madame’s Death._
- Chapter XVII _Alex Speaks._
- Chapter XVIII _Ivan._
- Chapter XIX _Nicol Patoff._
- Chapter XX
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Is this the complete text of Lucy Harding?
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Project Gutenberg eBook #74921, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Lucy Harding take to read?
About 261 minutes of reading across 627 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Lucy Harding
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- Summer
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- Party
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- Tourists
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- Going
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