Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches
Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches by James Whitcomb Riley is available here as the complete text, split into 206 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #37074, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 85 minutes of reading across 206 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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