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Hammer and Anvil: A Novel

Hammer and Anvil: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen is available here as the complete text, split into 2250 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Friedrich Spielhagen40 chapters

Hammer and Anvil: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34868.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Hammer and Anvil: A Novel

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  1. Chapter I 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 102 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 87 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 86 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 94 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 87 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 89 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 25 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 600 minutes of reading across 2250 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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