The Last Hope
The Last Hope by Henry Seton Merriman is available here as the complete text, split into 1141 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Last Hope by Henry Seton Merriman. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8493.
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The Last Hope
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- Chapter I Vive le Roi
- Chapter II The Return of “the Last Hope”
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV On the Dyke
- Chapter V The Story of the Castaways
- Chapter VI On the Scent
- Chapter VII The Little Boy Who Was a King
- Chapter VIII A Mistake
- Chapter IX In the Italian House
- Chapter X A Beginning
- Chapter XI The Secret of Gemosac
- Chapter XII Within the Gates
- Chapter XIII The Lifted Veil
- Chapter XIV The Turn of the Tide
- Chapter XV The Gamblers
- Chapter XVI On the Pont Royal
- Chapter XVII The City That Soon Forgets
- Chapter XVIII In the Breach
- Chapter XIX “Nineteen”
- Chapter XX No. 8 Ruelle St. Jacob
- Chapter XXI Dropping the Pilot
- Chapter XXII A Simple Banker
- Chapter XXIII The Lane of Many Turnings
- Chapter XXIV Sans Rancune
- Chapter XXV Returned Empty
- Chapter XXVI Out of the Mouths of Babes
- Chapter XXVII Barebone's Price
- Chapter XXVIII In the Dark
- Chapter XXIX In the Furrow Again
- Chapter XXX The Thursday of Madame de Chantonnay
- Chapter XXXI Primroses
- Chapter XXXII Dormer Colville Is Blind
- Chapter XXXIII A Sordid Matter
- Chapter XXXIV A Square Man
- Chapter XXXV Mrs. St. Pierre Lawrence Does Not Understand
- Chapter XXXVI An Understanding
- Chapter XXXVII A Coup-D'etat
- Chapter XXXVIII “John Darby”
- Chapter XXXIX Farlingford Once More
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Project Gutenberg eBook #8493, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Last Hope take to read?
About 475 minutes of reading across 1141 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Last Hope
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- Expected
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- Known
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- Farlingford
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- Captain
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