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The Last of the Barons — Complete

The Last of the Barons — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton is available here as the complete text, split into 2010 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton37 chapters

The Last of the Barons — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #7727.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
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  1. Chapter I 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Trader and the Gentle; or, the Changing Generation 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Weal to the Idler, Woe to the Workman 103 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Master Marmaduke Nevile Makes Love, and Is Frightened 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI King Edward the Fourth 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII In Which the History Passes from the King’s Court to The 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Old Woman Talks of Sorrows, the Young Woman Dreams 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI In Which Are Laid Open to the Reader the Character Of 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Woodville Intrigue Prospers.--Montagu Confers With 85 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Sisters 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Wherein the Demagogue Seeks the Courtier 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Joy for Adam, and Hope for Sibyll--and Popular Friar Bungey! 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Camp at Olney 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Norman Earl and the Saxon Demagogue Confer 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI How King Edward Arrives at the Castle of Middleham 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII New Dangers to the House of York--and the King’s Heart 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Lover and the Gallant--Woman’s Choice 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Group Round the Death-Bed of the Lancastrian Widow 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Fugitives Are Captured--the Tymbesteres 111 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII How the Heir of Lancaster Meets the King-Maker 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Maid’s Hope, the Courtier’s Love, and the Sage’s Comfort 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Tower in Commotion 73 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI A Pause 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII The Battle 78 readings five lines each Open chapter

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