Peggy Owen at Yorktown
Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison is available here as the complete text, split into 1067 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Harriet Makes a Present
- Chapter III A Glimpse of Clifford
- Chapter IV A Strange Presentiment
- Chapter V A Day of Note
- Chapter VI A Message of Indignation
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII Hospitality Betrayed
- Chapter IX The Dictates of Humanity
- Chapter X Farewell to Home
- Chapter XI On the Road
- Chapter XII The Home of Washington
- Chapter XIII The Appearance of the Enemy
- Chapter XIV The Journey’s End
- Chapter XV Peggy Is Troubled
- Chapter XVI The Tables Turned
- Chapter XVII An Unwelcome Encounter
- Chapter XVIII Under the Lindens
- Chapter XIX Harriet at Last
- Chapter XX Vindicated
- Chapter XXI A Rash Resolve
- Chapter XXII For Love of Country
- Chapter XXIII A Question of Courage
- Chapter XXIV An Unexpected Encounter
- Chapter XXV Her Nearest Relative
- Chapter XXVI Tide-Water Again
- Chapter XXVII Peggy Receives a Shock
- Chapter XXVIII Verified Suspicions
- Chapter XXIX “I Shall Not Say Good-Bye”
- Chapter XXX What the Night Brought
- Chapter XXXI The Dawn of the Morning
- Chapter XXXII “Lights Out”
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