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The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance

The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is available here as the complete text, split into 1342 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley40 chapters

The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66749.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance

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  1. Chapter I 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 41 readings five lines each Open chapter

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