Hurst & Blackett's Standard Library (1895)
Hurst & Blackett's Standard Library (1895) by Hurst & Blackett is available here as the complete text, split into 83 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Hurst & Blackett's Standard Library (1895)
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Yes. All 411 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #57436 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #57436, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 34 minutes of reading across 83 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Hurst & Blackett's Standard Library (1895)
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- Booksellers
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- Railway
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- Book-stalls
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- Great
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