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Parlous Times: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy

Parlous Times: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy by David Dwight Wells is available here as the complete text, split into 1216 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Parlous Times: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy by David Dwight Wells. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34925.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Parlous Times: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy

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  1. Chapter I 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 24 readings five lines each Open chapter

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