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On the red staircase

On the red staircase by Mary Imlay Taylor is available here as the complete text, split into 0 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

On the red staircase by Mary Imlay Taylor. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #70502.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 30 chapters

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On the red staircase

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  1. Chapter I 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 13 readings five lines each Open chapter

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