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The Bishop's purse

The Bishop's purse by Cleveland Moffett is available here as the complete text, split into 0 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Bishop's purse by Cleveland Moffett. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #73472.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 35 chapters

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  1. Chapter I 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 103 readings five lines each Open chapter

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