Preface to Major Barbara
Preface to Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw is available here as the complete text, split into 94 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #3789, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 38 minutes of reading across 94 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Euripidean
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- Verses
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- Second
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