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Edith Lyle

Edith Lyle by Mary Jane Holmes is available here as the complete text, split into 1197 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Edith Lyle by Mary Jane Holmes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #70808.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Edith Lyle

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  1. Chapter I 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Heloise 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Day of the Funeral 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Edith Lyle 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Beginning of a New Life 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Mother and Daughter 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Colonel Schuyler 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Edith’s Answer 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Breaking the News 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII At Oakwood After the Bridal 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII On the Sea 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Ladies at Schuyler Hill 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII How They Received Her 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII One Day in Hampstead 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The First Sunday in Hampstead 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Church Sociable 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Mary Rogers 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII After Four Years 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Travellers, 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI A Few Details of That Summer in Hampstead 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Sail on the River 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Godfrey and Gertie 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Godfrey and His Father 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Waiting 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII The Storm Gathering 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Battle Between Life and Death 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Husband and Wife 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The Search in London 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI In New York 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Gertie and the Story 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Edith and Gertie 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX The Wedding 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL Mary Rogers’ Letter to Edith 30 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #70808, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Edith Lyle take to read?

About 498 minutes of reading across 1197 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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