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The Annals of the Parish

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The Annals of the Parish Or, the Chronicle of Dalmailing During the Ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder by John Galt. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1310.

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This edition of The Annals of the Parish by John Galt carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1310, divided into 40 chapters and 276 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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