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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5)

The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5) by Francis James [Editor] Child is available here as the complete text, split into 8528 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5) by Francis James [Editor] Child. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #71104.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 40 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5)

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0 of 8508 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 211 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 213 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 191 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 180 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 200 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 201 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 210 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 187 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 206 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 201 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 209 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 205 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 204 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 217 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 212 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 196 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 199 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 195 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 196 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 201 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 200 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 201 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 219 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 218 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 233 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 233 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 227 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 226 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 232 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 221 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 227 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 226 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 228 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 225 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 228 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 226 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 225 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 227 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 226 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 226 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 600 minutes of reading across 8528 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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