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The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'Toole

The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'Toole by W. H. (William Hamilton) Maxwell is available here as the complete text, split into 1994 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'Toole by W. H. (William Hamilton) Maxwell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #46864.

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  1. Chapter I 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Plot Thickens 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Night Attack 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 94 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI I Join the Twenty-First 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Life in a Watch-House 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Friends Must Part 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 92 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Mark Antony in Love First, and in Trouble Afterwards 102 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Robbery of Tim Maley 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Confessions of the Rat-Catcher 91 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII A Meeting Between Men of Business 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX I Escape--but Mr. Sloman Meets with an Accident 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 109 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII My Uncle’s Story 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 90 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV I Join the Cantonments of the Allied Army--Lieutenant 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV A Spanish Inn the Empecinado--and a Surprise 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Rescue 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Trial 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Guerilla’s Gift 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Confessions of Major Fitzmaurice 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV San Sebastian 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Captivity 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 43 readings five lines each Open chapter

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