Melincourt
Melincourt by Thomas Love Peacock is available here as the complete text, split into 619 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Melincourt by Thomas Love Peacock. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #75943.
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Melincourt
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Anthelia
- Chapter III Fashionable Arrivals
- Chapter IV Hypocon House
- Chapter V Redrose Abbey
- Chapter VI Sugar
- Chapter VII Sir Oran Haut-Ton
- Chapter VIII The Spirit of Chivalry
- Chapter IX The Philosophy of Ballads
- Chapter X The Torrent
- Chapter XI Love and Marriage
- Chapter XII Love and Poverty
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV The Cottage
- Chapter XV The Library
- Chapter XVI The Symposium
- Chapter XVII Music and Discord
- Chapter XVIII The Stratagem
- Chapter XIX The Excursion
- Chapter XX The Sea-Shore
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII The Council of War
- Chapter XXIII The Barouche
- Chapter XXIV The Walk
- Chapter XXV The Cottagers
- Chapter XXVI The Anti-Saccharine Fête
- Chapter XXVII The Chess Dance
- Chapter XXVIII The Disappearance
- Chapter XXIX The Paper-Mill
- Chapter XXX Cimmerian Lodge
- Chapter XXXI The Deserted Mansion
- Chapter XXXII The Phantasm
- Chapter XXXIII The Churchyard
- Chapter XXXIV The Rustic Wedding
- Chapter XXXV The Mountains
- Chapter XXXVI The Fracas
- Chapter XXXVII Mainchance Villa
- Chapter XXXVIII The Hopes of the World
- Chapter XXXIX Alga Castle
- Chapter XL Conclusion
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Melincourt is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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Is this the complete text of Melincourt?
Yes. All 3093 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #75943 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #75943, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Melincourt take to read?
About 257 minutes of reading across 619 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Melincourt
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- Macmillan
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- Melincourt
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- Usually
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- Considered
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