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Tobias o' the Light: A Story of Cape Cod

Tobias o' the Light: A Story of Cape Cod by James A. Cooper is available here as the complete text, split into 1199 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Tobias o' the Light: A Story of Cape Cod by James A. Cooper. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #40104.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 30 chapters

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Tobias o' the Light: A Story of Cape Cod

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  1. Chapter I 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 65 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Vocabulary met early in Tobias o' the Light: A Story of Cape Cod

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Night
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Winter
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Wrapped
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Grave
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