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Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century

Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century by Walter Scott is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1256 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century by Walter Scott. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2516.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle

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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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