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Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 3257 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #351.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #351, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 3257 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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