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Sir Jasper Carew: His Life and Experience

Sir Jasper Carew: His Life and Experience by Charles Lever is available here as the complete text, split into 1667 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Sir Jasper Carew: His Life and Experience by Charles Lever. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #33081.

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Sir Jasper Carew: His Life and Experience

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  1. Chapter I 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Some “Notices of My Father and Mother” 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III A Father and Daughter 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Breakfast and Its Consequences 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Joe Raper 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Two Friends and Their Confidences 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII A State Trumpeter 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII A Gentleman Usher 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Company at Castle Carew 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Politics and Newspapers 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI A Midnight Rencontre 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII A Conference 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Circumstantial Evidence 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV A Friend's Trials 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Disappointments 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI “Fum's Alley, Near the Poddle” 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Prosperity and Adversity 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Village of Reichenau 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX A Mountain Adventure 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX “The Herr Robert” 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Paris in '95 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Battle of the Sections 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII An Episode of My Life 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Inn at Valence 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Havre 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI My Reward 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII A Glimpse of a New Path 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Secret Service 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Ordeal 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX The Gloomiest Passage of All 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI The Streets 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII At Sea 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Lys 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV The Coming Shadow 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV A Passage in the Drama 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Dark Passages of Life 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Ysaffich 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Towards Home 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX The Perils of Evil 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL A Trial--Conclusion 51 readings five lines each Open chapter

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