Frey and His Wife
Frey and His Wife by Maurice Hewlett is available here as the complete text, split into 435 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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This edition of Frey and His Wife by Maurice Hewlett carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #45107, divided into 20 chapters and 435 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.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #45107, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 181 minutes of reading across 435 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Novels
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- Maurice
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