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Valeria, the Martyr of the Catacombs

Valeria, the Martyr of the Catacombs by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow is available here as the complete text, split into 440 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

W. H. (William Henry) Withrow30 chapters

Valeria, the Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Early Christian Life in Rome by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #33484.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle
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  1. Chapter I 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 183 minutes of reading across 440 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Martyr
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Catacombs
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Early
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Christian
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