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The Open Question: A Tale of Two Temperaments

The Open Question: A Tale of Two Temperaments by Elizabeth Robins is available here as the complete text, split into 2349 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Open Question: A Tale of Two Temperaments by Elizabeth Robins. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37827.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 36 chapters

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The Open Question: A Tale of Two Temperaments

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  1. Chapter I 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 89 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 103 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 97 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 99 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 111 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 87 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 73 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 92 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 74 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Which edition of The Open Question: A Tale of Two Temperaments is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #37827, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Open Question: A Tale of Two Temperaments take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2349 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Origin
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