The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 227 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #1213, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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Vocabulary met early in The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
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- Years
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- Hadleyburg
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- Honest
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- Upright
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