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In the Valley

In the Valley by Harold Frederic is available here as the complete text, split into 1036 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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In the Valley by Harold Frederic. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9787.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle

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This edition of In the Valley by Harold Frederic carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #9787, divided into 36 chapters and 1036 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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