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People Like That: A Novel

People Like That: A Novel by Kate Langley Bosher is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 928 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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People Like That: A Novel by Kate Langley Bosher. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #12972.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle

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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Project Gutenberg eBook #12972, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 386 minutes of reading across 928 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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