The Sagamore of Saco
The Sagamore of Saco by Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith is available here as the complete text, split into 389 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Sagamore of Saco by Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #56007.
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The Sagamore of Saco
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- Chapter I Standing Alone
- Chapter II The Fatal Omen
- Chapter III Sorrowful Misgivings
- Chapter IV The Net-Weaver
- Chapter V The “Elect.”
- Chapter VI Apollo and Diana
- Chapter VII A Family Conclave
- Chapter VIII The Spider’s Webs
- Chapter IX The Fatal Dance
- Chapter X In Vain
- Chapter XI “Deserted Are the Dwellings of Moina.”
- Chapter XII A Man of Mettle
- Chapter XIII A Liking for Misery
- Chapter XIV The Crystal Stone
- Chapter XV Alone in the Wilderness
- Chapter XVI The Unseen Eye
- Chapter XVII A Reminiscence
- Chapter XVIII Snake vs. Spider
- Chapter XIX The Priestess
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI Dead Ashes
- Chapter XXII Below the Falls
- Chapter XXIII The Torch Extinguished
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV The Frog’s Hole
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- Renegate
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- Shame
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