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Joe Leslie's Wife

Joe Leslie's Wife by Alexander, M.D. Robertson is available here as the complete text, split into 596 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Alexander, M.D. Robertson24 chapters

Joe Leslie's Wife by Alexander, M.D. Robertson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #64125.

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Joe Leslie's Wife

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  1. Chapter I 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Two of a Kind 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Tell-Tale Scrap of Paper 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The House on Twenty-Seventh Street 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Man Dressed as a Bull Fighter 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Jehu Adds to the Mystery 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X That Meerschaum Pipe 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI All Is Forgiven 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Opium Joint 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII A Terrible Doom 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Another Link in the Chain 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Fortune’s Favors 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Time Draws Near 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX For Plunder 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Cottage Beyond the Harlem 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Almost 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Messenger with Good News 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Conclusion 22 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #64125, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 248 minutes of reading across 596 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Alexander
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Robertson
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