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The Return of the O'Mahony: A Novel

The Return of the O'Mahony: A Novel by Harold Frederic is available here as the complete text, split into 845 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Return of the O'Mahony: A Novel by Harold Frederic. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #54900.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Return of the O'Mahony: A Novel

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  1. Chapter I The Father of Company F 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Vidette Post 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Linsky’s Brief Military Career 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The O’mahony on Erin’s Soil 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Installation of Jerry 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Hereditary Bard 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The O’mahony’s Home-Welcome 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Two Men in a Boat 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Voice of the Hostage 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X How the “Hen Hawk” Was Brought In 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI A Face from Out the Winding-Sheet 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII A Talisman and a Traitor 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Retreat with the Prisoners 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Reinterment of Linsky 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV “Take Me with You, O’mahony.” 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Lady of Muirisc 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII How the Old Boatman Kept His Vow 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Great O’daly Usurpation 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX A Bargain with the Buried Man 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Near the Summit of Mt. Gabriel 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI On the Mountain-Top--and After 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Intelligent Young Man 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Council of War 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Victory of the “Cathach.” 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Bernard’s Good Cheer 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Resident Magistrate 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Return of the O’mahony 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII A Marine Morning Call 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Diamond Cut Paste 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX A Farewell Feast 28 readings five lines each Open chapter

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