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The man on the meteor

The man on the meteor by Ray Cummings is available here as the complete text, split into 0 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

The man on the meteor by Ray Cummings. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #72914.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 31 chapters

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  1. Chapter I 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI _Concluding Statement by Ray Cummings_ 16 readings five lines each Open chapter

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