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Susan Proudleigh

Susan Proudleigh by Herbert George De Lisser is available here as the complete text, split into 934 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Susan Proudleigh by Herbert George De Lisser. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #56335.

26 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 26 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Susan Proudleigh

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0 of 921 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I Susan’s Dilemma 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Passage-at-Arms 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV What Came of the Case 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Letitia’s Invitation 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Samuel Josiah Jones 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Announcement 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Susan Gives “a Joke” 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Jones Is Warned 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X “The Sword of the Lord” 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Land of Promise 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Jones Changes His Mind 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Susan Settles Down 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Fly in the Ointment 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Subscription Party 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Jones Demonstrates 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Susan’s Last Effort 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Family Arrives 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Catherine Learns Something 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Meeting 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Night of the Fire 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Anonymous Letter 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Samuel’s Determination 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV What Happened at Culebra 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Susan’s Luck 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Jones Speaks in the Predicate 57 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #56335, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Susan Proudleigh take to read?

About 389 minutes of reading across 934 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Susan Proudleigh

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Enemies
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Susan
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Bitterly
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Hated
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