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Celebrated Crimes (Complete)

Celebrated Crimes (Complete) by Alexandre Dumas is available here as the complete text, split into 4667 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Celebrated Crimes (Complete) by Alexandre Dumas. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2760.

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This edition of Celebrated Crimes (Complete) by Alexandre Dumas carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2760, divided into 37 chapters and 4667 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #2760, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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