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That Boy of Norcott's

That Boy of Norcott's by Charles Lever is available here as the complete text, split into 654 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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That Boy of Norcott's by Charles Lever. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #32693.

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That Boy of Norcott's

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  1. Chapter I 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Trial 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III With My Mother 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV With My Father 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Villa Malibran 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A First Dinner-Party 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII How the Days Went Oyer 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII A Private Audience 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A Dark-Room Picture 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Madame Cleremont 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Planning Pleasure 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII A Birthday Dinner 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Ball 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV A Next Morning 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Good-Bye 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Terrible Shock 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Fiume 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Hanserl of the Yard 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Sail Across the Bay 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX At the Fête 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Our Inner Life 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Office 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Unwished-for Promotion 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Man Who Travelled for Our House 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV My Instructions 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI “On the Road” in Croatia 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII In Hungary 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Schloss Hunyadi 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Salon 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX An Unlooked-for Meeting 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Hasty Tidings 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII In Sorrow 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter

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