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The Seaboard Parish, Complete

The Seaboard Parish, Complete by George MacDonald is available here as the complete text, split into 1788 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Seaboard Parish, Complete by George MacDonald. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8562.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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The Seaboard Parish, Complete

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  1. Chapter I 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 108 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 89 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 13 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #8562, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Seaboard Parish, Complete take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1788 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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