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Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition

Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition by Epes Sargent is available here as the complete text, split into 2453 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition by Epes Sargent. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #67872.

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  1. Chapter I 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Matrimonial Blank 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Wolf and the Lamb 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Retrospect 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Pin-Holes in the Curtain 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI An Unconscious Heiress 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII A Descendant of the Cavaliers 92 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Groups on the Deck 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Story of Estelle 215 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Waiting for the Summoner 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Vendue 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Shall There Be a Wedding? 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Unities Disregarded 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The White Slave 170 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII A Monster of Ingratitude 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Young Lady with a Carpet-Bag 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Will You Walk into My Parlor? 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Confessions of a Mean White 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Meetings and Partings 86 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Delight and Duty 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII A Letter of Business 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Woman Who Deliberates Is Lost 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV A Feminine van Amburgh 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI A Double Victory 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Satan Amuses Himself 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Light from the Pit 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Committee Adjourns 104 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Seeing Is Believing 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Remarkable Man at Richmond 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Hopes and Fears 218 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Making the Best of It 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Another Descendant of the Cavaliers 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Night Cometh 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Time Discovers and Covers 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 40 readings five lines each Open chapter

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