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Darkness and Daylight: A Novel

Darkness and Daylight: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes is available here as the complete text, split into 981 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Darkness and Daylight: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4721.

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This edition of Darkness and Daylight: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #4721, divided into 37 chapters and 981 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 #4721, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 408 minutes of reading across 981 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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