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Struggles and Triumphs

Struggles and Triumphs by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum is available here as the complete text, split into 1859 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum40 chapters

Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #50115.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Struggles and Triumphs

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  1. Chapter I 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Early Life 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 126 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 121 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 173 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Yes. All 9294 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #50115 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #50115, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Struggles and Triumphs take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1859 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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