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In Spite of All: A Novel

In Spite of All: A Novel by Edna Lyall is available here as the complete text, split into 1505 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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In Spite of All: A Novel by Edna Lyall. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55324.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 39 chapters

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In Spite of All: A Novel

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  1. Chapter I 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 77 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #55324, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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Loved
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Truth
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