The House of the Wolf: A Romance
The House of the Wolf: A Romance by Stanley John Weyman is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 759 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Yes. All 3794 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2041 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #2041, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 316 minutes of reading across 759 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The House of the Wolf: A Romance
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- Afterwards
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- Remember
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- Events
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