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The Invader: A Novel

The Invader: A Novel by Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa) Woods is available here as the complete text, split into 856 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Invader: A Novel by Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa) Woods. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #28162.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle

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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of The Invader: A Novel by Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa) Woods carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #28162, divided into 32 chapters and 856 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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