A book of dear dead women
A book of dear dead women by Edna Worthley Underwood is available here as the complete text, split into 803 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Yes. All 4014 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #75516 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #75516, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 334 minutes of reading across 803 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Women
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- Faces
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- Browning
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- University
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