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How to Amuse Yourself and Others

How to Amuse Yourself and Others by Lina Beard is available here as the complete text, split into 750 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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How to amuse yourself and others by Lina Beard. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #52051.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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How to Amuse Yourself and Others

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

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Project Gutenberg eBook #52051, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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