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Within the Precincts

Within the Precincts by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant is available here as the complete text, split into 2096 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant40 chapters

Within the Precincts by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #65153.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 40 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Within the Precincts

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0 of 2081 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 103 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 89 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 105 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 105 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 108 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 115 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 43 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #65153, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Within the Precincts take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2096 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Within the Precincts

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Tauchnitz
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Edition
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Within
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Precincts
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