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The Story of a Doctor's Telephone—Told by His Wife

The Story of a Doctor's Telephone—Told by His Wife by Ellen M. Firebaugh is available here as the complete text, split into 920 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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19 chaptersComplete chronicle
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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 19 chapters

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