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Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter

by William Wells Brown

Read the complete Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter by William Wells Brown in 30 sections, with a B2–C1 English level estimate.

5 hr estimatedB1–B2 Linden levelRead now availability30 chapters
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About this book

Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter by William Wells Brown is available here as a complete, source-verified English public-domain edition. Its catalog subjects include Children of presidents -- Fiction; Enslaved women -- Fiction; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Relations with women -- Fiction. Linden organizes its 30 reading sections for browser reading and estimates the language at B2–C1.

First published
Unknown year
Language
English
Copyright status
Public domain

English level

B1–B2 · Steady progress

Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter is calibrated from 39,828 sampled words across 30 chapters: sentences average 20.2 words, 30.5% exceed 24 words and 6.2% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Sentence rhythm

What the prose asks

Medium-length sentences averaging 20.2 words, with 30.5% extending beyond 24 words

Vocabulary

What may slow you down

6.2% of sampled words contain nine or more letters and about 1.41 marked archaic terms per thousand words; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter

Reading rhythm

Medium commitment

Many short stopping points support flexible sessions. About 11 calm 30-minute sessions.

Suggested approach

Read with momentum

Pause at paragraph breaks, restate long sentences in your own words and use the guide for historical context

Best starting point

Begin with chapter one

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CEFR-aligned Linden estimate · high confidence · sampled full text · Calibrated 2026-09-08 · Provisional, not an exam certification.

Table of contents

30 chapters

  1. 01Opening material2 min
  2. 02CHAPTER I14 min
  3. 03CHAPTER II11 min
  4. 04CHAPTER III8 min
  5. 05CHAPTER IV4 min
  6. 06CHAPTER V5 min
  7. 07CHAPTER VI20 min
  8. 08CHAPTER VII8 min
  9. 09CHAPTER VIII7 min
  10. 10CHAPTER IX2 min
  11. 11CHAPTER X11 min
  12. 12CHAPTER XI5 min
  13. 13CHAPTER XII8 min
  14. 14CHAPTER XIII9 min
  15. 15CHAPTER XIV5 min
  16. 16CHAPTER XV4 min
  17. 17CHAPTER XVI8 min
  18. 18CHAPTER XVII4 min
  19. 19CHAPTER XVIII11 min
  20. 20CHAPTER XIX21 min
  21. 21CHAPTER XX6 min
  22. 22CHAPTER XXI10 min
  23. 23CHAPTER XXII18 min
  24. 24CHAPTER XXIII9 min
  25. 25CHAPTER XXIV7 min
  26. 26CHAPTER XXV8 min
  27. 27CHAPTER XXVI15 min
  28. 28CHAPTER XXVII5 min
  29. 29CHAPTER XXVIII13 min
  30. 30CHAPTER XXIX2 min
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