Kora in Hell: Improvisations
Kora in Hell: Improvisations by William Carlos Williams is available here as the complete text, split into 272 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Yes. All 1358 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #56681 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #56681, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 113 minutes of reading across 272 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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