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Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor

Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor by Benito Pérez Galdós is available here as the complete text, split into 850 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor by Benito Pérez Galdós. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #47769.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle
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  1. Chapter I 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #47769, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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