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The Island of Fantasy: A Romance

The Island of Fantasy: A Romance by Fergus Hume is available here as the complete text, split into 1714 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Island of Fantasy: A Romance by Fergus Hume. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #56177.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Island of Fantasy: A Romance

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  1. Chapter I 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Mind Diseased 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III De Rerum Parvula 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Rector’s Romance 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V A Masterpiece of Nature 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Crispin Is Puzzled 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Sub Rosa 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Souvent Femme Varie 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Endymion 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Portrait 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Creed of a Mother-in-Law 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The New Argonauts 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Devil’s Philosophy 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Storm 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Melnos 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII An Island King 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Venus Urania 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI A Difficult Question 93 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Apple of Discord 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Bacchanalia 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Thespian 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Olympian 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Beautiful Paris, Evil-Hearted Paris 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Altar Inscribed Θεόν 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Punic Faith 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX A Rolling Stone 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Keeping Vigil 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Invocation of Artemis 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV A Modern Thermopylæ 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV A Council of War 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI The Forlorn Hope 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Under the Union Jack 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Prey of the Gods 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL Death Pays All Debts 60 readings five lines each Open chapter

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