The Gorgeous Isle: A Romance
The Gorgeous Isle: A Romance by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton is available here as the complete text, split into 429 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Yes. All 2145 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #30502 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #30502, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 178 minutes of reading across 429 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Spencer
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- Wigley
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- Kitts
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- Souls
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