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Domitia

Domitia by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould is available here as the complete text, split into 1143 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Domitia by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #43985.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Project Gutenberg eBook #43985, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 476 minutes of reading across 1143 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Domitia

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Baring-gould: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Domitia; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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