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The goddess: a demon

The goddess: a demon by Richard Marsh is available here as the complete text, split into 1054 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The goddess: a demon by Richard Marsh. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #64930.

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Academic course · 26 chapters

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The goddess: a demon

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  1. Chapter I 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V A Curious Case 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Doctor Accuses 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Recognition of the Photograph 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Where Miss Moore Was Going 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI In the One Room--and the Other 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII What Was on the Bed 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV He and I 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI My Persuasive Manner 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII My Unpersuasive Manner 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII I Am Called 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX I Leave the Court 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX A Journey to Nowhere 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII A Miracle 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII In the Passage 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Goddess 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter

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