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His Sombre Rivals

His Sombre Rivals by Edward Payson Roe is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1213 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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His Sombre Rivals by Edward Payson Roe. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6128.

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