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The Wanderings of Persiles and Sigismunda

The Wanderings of Persiles and Sigismunda by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is available here as the complete text, split into 669 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Wanderings of Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #61561.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Wanderings of Persiles and Sigismunda

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

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Project Gutenberg eBook #61561, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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