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Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.

Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles Lever is available here as the complete text, split into 1309 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles Lever. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35296.

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Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.

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  1. Chapter I 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II After Mess 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Swan's Nest 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Difficult Patient 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Picnic on Holy Island 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Waiting On 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Fountain of Honor 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII A Puzzling Commission 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A Breakfast at the Vicarage 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Lendrick Recounts His Visit to Town 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI A Great Man's Schoolfellow 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Last Days 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Tom Cross-Examines His Sister 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Mr. Haire's Mission 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Sorrows and Projects 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Luncheon at the Priory 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The First Letter Home 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII In Court 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX A Morning Call 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Coming-Home Thoughts 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI A Very Humble Dwelling 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII A Morning at the Priory 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII An Unexpected Meeting 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Sir Brook in Confusion 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Nest with Strange “Birds” in It 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Sewell Visits Cave 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Races on the Lawn 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Sewell Arrives in Dublin 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Morning at the Priory 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Evening at the Priory 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Sewell's Troubles 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII An Exit 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII A Stormy Moment 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV A Lady's Letter 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Some Conjugal Courtesies 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Mr. Balfour's Office 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII The Priory in Its Desertion 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Mr. Balfour's Mission 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX After-Dinner Thoughts 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL The Tideless Shores 38 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #35296, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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