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Matt: A Story of A Caravan

Matt: A Story of A Caravan by Robert Williams Buchanan is available here as the complete text, split into 439 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Matt: A Story of A Caravan by Robert Williams Buchanan. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55325.

15 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Matt: A Story of A Caravan

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  1. Chapter I First Glimpse of the Caravan 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Leaves from a Young Gentleman’s Journal 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Introduces William Jones and His Father 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Concludes with a Kiss 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Also Concludes with a Kiss 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Matt Grows Matrimonial 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Devil’s Cauldron 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Secret of the Cave 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Mysterious Behaviour of the Young Gentleman 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Buried! 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII William Jones Is Serious 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Caravan Disappears 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The “Murdered” Man! 21 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Afternoon
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