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Iola Leroy

Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is available here as the complete text, split into 872 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #12352.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle

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Academic course · 32 chapters

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This edition of Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #12352, divided into 32 chapters and 872 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #12352, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 363 minutes of reading across 872 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Contraband: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Iola Leroy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Evenings: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Iola Leroy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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