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Patroon van Volkenberg

Patroon van Volkenberg by Henry Thew Stephenson is available here as the complete text, split into 1357 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Henry Thew Stephenson28 chapters

Patroon van Volkenberg by Henry Thew Stephenson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #56971.

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Academic course · 28 chapters

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Patroon van Volkenberg

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  1. Chapter I 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Maid at the Mariner’s Rest 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Royal Lion 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Buccaneer’s Gift 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Jacobite Coffee-House 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI An Interview with the Earl 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Pierre’s Secret 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Lady Marmaduke 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Red Band at Drill 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X My First Commission 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Escape from the Rattle-Watch 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Van Volkenberg’s Window 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Van Volkenberg in Disgrace 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Plotting Without the Earl 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Silver Buttons 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI “Fire and Sleete and Candle-Light” 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Events of Next Day 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Another Secret Burial 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX I Meet the Patroon Again 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Skeleton in the Patroon’s Closet 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Meg’s Pleading 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII A Fruitless Resolution 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Van Volkenberg and the Earl 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Captain William Kidd 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Great Secret 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Last of the Patroon 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Conclusion 87 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #56971, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 565 minutes of reading across 1357 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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