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Minerva's Manoeuvres

Minerva's Manoeuvres by Charles Battell Loomis is available here as the complete text, split into 919 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Charles Battell Loomis35 chapters

Minerva's Manoeuvres: The Cheerful Facts of a "Return to Nature" by Charles Battell Loomis. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #56872.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Minerva's Manoeuvres

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  1. Chapter I 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #56872, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Minerva's Manoeuvres take to read?

About 382 minutes of reading across 919 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Minerva's Manoeuvres

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Cheerful
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Minerva's Manoeuvres; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Facts
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Return
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Nature
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