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Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood

Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie is available here as the complete text, split into 1040 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #14961.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle

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Project Gutenberg eBook #14961, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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Tommy: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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