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The reigning belle

The reigning belle by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens is available here as the complete text, split into 0 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

The reigning belle by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #70023.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 40 chapters

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The reigning belle

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  1. Chapter I 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Humble Home 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III A Feast After a Famine 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV In the Morning 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Trying Things On 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Dawning Prosperity 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Gossip in the Basement 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Gentle Invalid 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The First Bank Notes 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Over Their Tea 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Which River 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Pawnbroker 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Miss Spicer 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Bitter Jealousy 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX About the Roses and Violets 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Way She Managed Him 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Fighting Anguish 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Ivon and Eva 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Herself Again 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Watching from the Pavement 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII How Miss Spicer and Ellen Post Fraternize 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Five Thousand Dollars 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX A Boy in Prison 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX The Woman in the Laundry 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Mother and Son 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV An Unexpected Witness 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The Mortgage 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII In the Park 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Pawnbroker Gets His Price 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL Our Child 315 readings five lines each Open chapter

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