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A rolling stone

A rolling stone by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker is available here as the complete text, split into 894 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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A rolling stone by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #72076.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 36 chapters

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