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First the Blade: A Comedy of Growth

First the Blade: A Comedy of Growth by Clemence Dane is available here as the complete text, split into 1402 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Clemence Dane37 chapters

First the Blade: A Comedy of Growth by Clemence Dane. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63501.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 37 chapters

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First the Blade: A Comedy of Growth

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  1. Chapter I 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 100 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 87 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #63501, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 584 minutes of reading across 1402 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Clemence
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