When Thoughts Will Soar
When Thoughts Will Soar by Bertha von Suttner is available here as the complete text, split into 1273 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
When Thoughts Will Soar: A romance of the immediate future by Bertha von Suttner. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63599.
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When Thoughts Will Soar
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Franka Garlett
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV Franka’s New Home
- Chapter V Life in Sielenburg Castle
- Chapter VI Count Sielen’s Will
- Chapter VII A Second Anonymous Message
- Chapter VIII Franka’s Salon
- Chapter IX The Outlines of a Great Plan
- Chapter X Franka’s Début and Career
- Chapter XI At Lucerne
- Chapter XII An Evening in the Rose-Palace
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV A Luncheon Party
- Chapter XV Dreams of Love
- Chapter XVI Rinotti and Prince Victor Adolph
- Chapter XVII The Sielenburg Party
- Chapter XVIII The Opening Night
- Chapter XIX Franka’s Lecture
- Chapter XX Ye Young Maidens, Listen to Me
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII New Wonders
- Chapter XXIII Chlodwig Helmer’s Lecture: The Conquest of the Air
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV Sundry Conversations
- Chapter XXVI Scenes of Beauty and of Love
- Chapter XXVII Clouds on the Horizon
- Chapter XXVIII Speeches and Letters
- Chapter XXIX A Cornucopia Full of Gifts
- Chapter XXX Franka Decides Her Fate
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- Thoughts
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- Romance
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- Immediate
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- Future
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