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The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras

The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne is available here as the complete text, split into 1334 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #29413.

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The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras

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  1. Chapter I 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Dog-Captain 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Great Polar Current 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Another Letter 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Devil's Thumb 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Expeditions in Search of Franklin 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Magnetic Pole 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII A Whale in Sight 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Death of Bellot 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Preparations for Wintering 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Great Cold at Christmas 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Across the Ice-Fields 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Return to the Forward 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Doctor's Inventory 88 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Last Charge of Powder 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Porpoise 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Cold and Heat 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Disquieting Traces 89 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Polar Spring 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Northern Arcadia 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Journey Northward 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Polar Cosmography 90 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Conclusion 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV In the discussion of steamers, the doctor observes of the 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX "The American durst not not finish his sentence," is 1 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #29413, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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Hatteras
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Jules
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