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Paul Ralston

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40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 40 chapters

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Paul Ralston

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  1. Chapter I 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Paul Ralston 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Paul’s News 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Percys 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Clarice 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI In Samona 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Stranger at Deep Gulch 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII At “the Samona.” 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Getting Ready for Oak City 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI On the Road 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII On the Boat 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII In Oak City 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Miss Hansford and Elithe 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Days Which Followed 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Getting Acquainted 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Miss Hansford in Boston 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX News from Jack 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Waltz 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Preparations 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Shadow Begins to Fall 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Shadow Deepens 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Tragedy 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Elithe and Jack Percy 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Elithe’s Interview with Clarice 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Funeral 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Arrest 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX In Prison 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Outside the Prison 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Ready for the Trial 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII The First Day of the Trial 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Second Day of the Trial 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Free 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Excitement 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Where He Was 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Tom, You Did It! 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Second Trial 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX After Eighteen Months 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL Last Glimpse of Oak City 70 readings five lines each Open chapter

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