A Daughter of Raasay: A Tale of the '45
A Daughter of Raasay: A Tale of the '45 by William MacLeod Raine is available here as the complete text, split into 949 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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A Daughter of Raasay: A Tale of the '45 is presented in 18 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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About 395 minutes of reading across 949 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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