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The Cruise of The Violetta

The Cruise of The Violetta by Arthur Colton is available here as the complete text, split into 693 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Cruise of The Violetta by Arthur Colton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #50272.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 35 chapters

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The Cruise of The Violetta

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  1. Chapter I Dr. Ulswater 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Tropic and the Temperate 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Second Adventure 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Third Adventure 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Professor Simpson Again 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Conclusion of Dr. Ulswater's First Manuscript 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Ram Nad 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Ram Nad Continued 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Conclusion of Dr. Ulswater's Second Manuscript 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Sadler 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI At the Palace 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Mrs. Ulswater Takes Action 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Conclusion of Dr. Ulswater's Third Manuscipt 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Susannah and Ram Nad 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Conclusion of Dr. Ulswater's Last Manuscipt 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII I Resume the Narrative. the Portate Ultimatum 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Arrest 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Mrs. Ulswater's Insurrection 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Hannah Atkins 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Mr. Dorcas 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Susannah--End of the Voyage of the Violeta 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Zionville 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII William C. Jones and Louisa 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Ambassadors from Zionville 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The End 18 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 288 minutes of reading across 693 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Krakatoa
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Indies
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