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Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers

Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers by John Guille Millais is available here as the complete text, split into 1029 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers by John Guille Millais. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #39581.

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  1. Chapter I Character, Appearance, Etc.--Some Stories of Him 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 1851-1865 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 1865-1870 89 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 1871-1875 83 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 1876-1878 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 1879-1880 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 1881-1885 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 1886-1889 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 1889-1892 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 1893-1896 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 1896-1907 83 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 1906-1907 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 1908-1913 91 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 1914-1915 114 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV September, 1916-1917 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Character, Appearance, Etc.--Some Stories of Him 99 readings five lines each Open chapter

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