Taboo A Legend Retold from the Dirghic
Taboo A Legend Retold from the Dirghic by James Branch Cabell is available here as the complete text, split into 30 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Taboo A Legend Retold from the Dirghic of Sævius Nicanor, with Prolegomena, Notes, and a Preliminary Memoir by James Branch Cabell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #17134.
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Taboo A Legend Retold from the Dirghic
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Yes. All 147 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #17134 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #17134, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 12 minutes of reading across 30 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Taboo A Legend Retold from the Dirghic
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- Legend
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Taboo A Legend Retold from the Dirghic; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Retold
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- Dirghic
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Taboo A Legend Retold from the Dirghic; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Saevius
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Taboo A Legend Retold from the Dirghic; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.