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The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer

The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer by Oscar Micheaux is available here as the complete text, split into 657 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer by Oscar Micheaux. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #39237.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 39 chapters

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The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer

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  1. Chapter I 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 42 readings five lines each Open chapter

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The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer is presented in 39 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #39237, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 273 minutes of reading across 657 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Discontent--spirit
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Pioneer
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Gracious
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Possible
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