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My Sword's My Fortune: A Story of Old France

My Sword's My Fortune: A Story of Old France by Herbert Hayens is available here as the complete text, split into 1253 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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My Sword's My Fortune: A Story of Old France by Herbert Hayens. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #27325.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 30 chapters

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My Sword's My Fortune: A Story of Old France

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  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Chapter 23 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Chapter 24 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Chapter 25 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Chapter 26 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Chapter 27 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Chapter 28 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Chapter 29 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Chapter 30 35 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 521 minutes of reading across 1253 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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