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A Hero of Liége: A Story of the Great War

A Hero of Liége: A Story of the Great War by Herbert Strang is available here as the complete text, split into 691 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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A Hero of Liége: A Story of the Great War by Herbert Strang. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #39150.

19 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 19 chapters

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A Hero of Liége: A Story of the Great War

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  1. Chapter I 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The First Trick 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Second Trick 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV In Neutral Territory 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V A Close Call 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Old Mill 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII A Hornet’s Nest 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII A Fight in the Mill 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX In the Trenches 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Broken Threads 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Centre Arch 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII A Fight with a Zeppelin 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Great Guns 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Hunted 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Huns at Play 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Caretaker 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII A Barmecide Feast 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Running the Gauntlet 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX ’A Long, Long Way----’ 42 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 287 minutes of reading across 691 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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German
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Aggression
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