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Wrecked in Port: A Novel

Wrecked in Port: A Novel by Edmund Yates is available here as the complete text, split into 1170 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Wrecked in Port: A Novel by Edmund Yates. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #61447.

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Wrecked in Port: A Novel

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  1. Chapter I 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Retrospective 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Marian 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Marian's Choice 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Woolgreaves 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Bread-Seeking 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII A New Friend 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Tenth Earl 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X An Interior 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Lout 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII A Removal 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV "News from the Humming City." 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI "He Loves Me; He Loves Me Not." 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Becoming Indispensable 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Rubicon 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Marian's Reply 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX During the Interval 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Success Achieved 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Girls They Left Behind Them 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Wednesday's Post 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Poor Papa's Successor 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Clouding Over 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI In Harness 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Riding at Anchor 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Opportunity 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Canvassing 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Baffled 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI An Incomplete Victory 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII The Shattering of the Idol 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Too Late 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV For Once Gertrude Takes the Lead 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Lady Caroline Advises on a Delicate Subject 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Night and Morning 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Marian's Resolve 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Result 22 readings five lines each Open chapter

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