His Official Fiancée
His Official Fiancée by Berta Ruck is available here as the complete text, split into 1107 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
His Official Fiancée by Berta Ruck. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63865.
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His Official Fiancée
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII
This edition of His Official Fiancée by Berta Ruck carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #63865, divided into 28 chapters and 1107 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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Vocabulary met early in His Official Fiancée
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- Berta
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of His Official Fiancée; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Oliver
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- Onions
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- Without
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