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The Kellys and the O'Kellys

The Kellys and the O'Kellys by Anthony Trollope is available here as the complete text, split into 1521 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Kellys and the O'Kellys by Anthony Trollope. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4917.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 39 chapters

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The Kellys and the O'Kellys

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0 of 1505 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I The Two Heiresses 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Morrison’s Hotel 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Dunmore Inn 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Loving Brother 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Escape 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Mr Barry Lynch Makes a Morning Call 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Mr Daly, the Attorney 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Dot Blake’s Advice 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Earl of Cashel 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Fanny Wyndham 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Father and Son 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Countess 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Handicap Lodge 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Brien Boru 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Martin Kelly’s Courtship 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII An Attorney’s Office in Connaught 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Mr Daly Visits the Dunmore Inn 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Very Liberal 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Lord Ballindine at Home 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Hunt 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Doctor Colligan 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Anty Lynch’s Bed-Side; Scene the First 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Anty Lynch’s Bed-Side; Scene the Second 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Love’s Ambassador 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Mr Lynch’s Last Resource 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Fanny Wyndham Rebels 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Countess of Cashel in Trouble 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Lord Kilcullen Obeys His Father 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX The Two Friends 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI How Lord Kilcullen Fares in His Wooing 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Lord Kilcullen Makes Another Visit to the Book-Room 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Doctor Makes a Clean Breast of It 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Mr Lynch Bids Farewell to Dunmore 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Mr Armstrong Visits Grey Abbey on a Delicate Mission 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Veni; Vidi; Vici [51] 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Wait Till I Tell You 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII It Never Rains but It Pours 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Conclusion 29 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Francis
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Mountmorris
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Kelly
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