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Carette of Sark

Carette of Sark by John Oxenham is available here as the complete text, split into 1093 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Carette of Sark by John Oxenham. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #16666.

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This edition of Carette of Sark by John Oxenham carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #16666, divided into 38 chapters and 1093 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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