The Story of Paul Jones
The Story of Paul Jones by Alfred Henry Lewis is available here as the complete text, split into 610 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Story of Paul Jones: An Historical Romance by Alfred Henry Lewis. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53990.
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II In the Black Trade
- Chapter III The Yellow Jack
- Chapter IV The Killing of Mungo
- Chapter V The Sailor Turns Planter
- Chapter VI The First Blow in Virginia
- Chapter VII The Blast of War
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX The Cruise of the “Providence”
- Chapter X The Counsel of Cadwalader
- Chapter XI The Good Ship Ranger
- Chapter XII How the “Ranger” Took the “Drake”
- Chapter XIII The Duchess of Chartres
- Chapter XIV The Sailing of the “Richard”
- Chapter XV The “Richard” and the “Serapis”
- Chapter XVI How the Battle Raged
- Chapter XVII The Surrender of the “Serapis”
- Chapter XVIII Diplomacy and the Dutch
- Chapter XIX Now for the Traitor Landais
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI Antony and Cleopatra
- Chapter XXII The Fête of the Duchess de Chartres
- Chapter XXIII The Wedding Without Bells
- Chapter XXIV That Honeymoon Sub Rosa
- Chapter XXV Catherine of Russia
- Chapter XXVI An Admiral of Russia
- Chapter XXVII The House in the Rue Tournon
- Chapter XXVIII
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