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The Opened Shutters: A Novel

The Opened Shutters: A Novel by Clara Louise Burnham is available here as the complete text, split into 1331 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Opened: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Opened Shutters: A Novel; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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