The Gaspards of Pine Croft
The Gaspards of Pine Croft by Ralph Connor is available here as the complete text, split into 1638 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Gaspards of Pine Croft: A Romance of the Windermere by Ralph Connor. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #59499.
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The Gaspards of Pine Croft
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
This edition of The Gaspards of Pine Croft by Ralph Connor carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #59499, divided into 26 chapters and 1638 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.
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- British
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- Columbia
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