The Leopard's Spots
The Leopard's Spots by Thomas, Jr. Dixon is available here as the complete text, split into 1790 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden—1865-1900 by Thomas, Jr. Dixon. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #54765.
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The Leopard's Spots
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II A Light Shining in Darkness
- Chapter III Deepening Shadows
- Chapter IV The Old and the New Church
- Chapter V The Preacher and the Woman of Boston
- Chapter VI An Experiment in Matrimony
- Chapter VII The Man or Brute in Embryo
- Chapter VIII Simon Legree
- Chapter IX Dick
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI Legree Speaker of the House
- Chapter XII The Red Flag of the Auctioneer
- Chapter XIII The Rally of the Clansmen
- Chapter XIV The Old and the New Negro
- Chapter XV The Danger of Playing with Fire
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII The Voice of the Tempter
- Chapter XVIII Flora
- Chapter XIX The Morning of Love
- Chapter XX Beside Beautiful Waters
- Chapter XXI The Unsolved Riddle
- Chapter XXII The Heart of a Villain
- Chapter XXIII The Old Old Story
- Chapter XXIV The First Kiss
- Chapter XXV A Mysterious Letter
- Chapter XXVI The Mystery of Pain
- Chapter XXVII The Ways of Boston
- Chapter XXVIII
- Chapter XXIX Why the Preacher Threw His Life Away
- Chapter XXX The Flesh and the Spirit
- Chapter XXXI Face to Face with Fate
- Chapter XXXII The Unspoken Terror
- Chapter XXXIII A Thousand-Legged Beast
- Chapter XXXIV Equality with a Reservation
- Chapter XXXV The New Simon Legree
- Chapter XXXVI Another Declaration of Independence
- Chapter XXXVII The Splendour of Shameless Love
- Chapter XXXVIII A Speech That Made History
- Chapter XXXIX The Higher Law
- Chapter XL The End of a Modern Villain
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Is this the complete text of The Leopard's Spots?
Yes. All 8950 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #54765 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Leopard's Spots is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #54765, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Leopard's Spots take to read?
About 600 minutes of reading across 1790 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Leopard's Spots
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- Romance
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- White
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- Burden--
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- Thomas
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