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The Merivale banks

The Merivale banks by Mary Jane Holmes is available here as the complete text, split into 0 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

The Merivale banks by Mary Jane Holmes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #74929.

24 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 24 chapters

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  1. Chapter I 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Herbert and Louie 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Invitations for the Party 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Morning of the Party 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Run 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Louie Comes to the Rescue 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Judge 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Louie and Fred 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Party 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X On the Grey Piazza 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Keeping the Secret 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Crash 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Louie’s Courage 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Session 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Severing the Tie 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Shadow of Death 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The End and After 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX On the Other Side 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI At the Savoy 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII In Paris 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Louie and Miss Percy 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV At Home 26 readings five lines each Open chapter

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