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Cruel as the grave

Cruel as the grave by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth is available here as the complete text, split into 1232 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Cruel as the grave by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #23789.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle

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Project Gutenberg eBook #23789, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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