The Tragedy of Ida Noble
The Tragedy of Ida Noble by William Clark Russell is available here as the complete text, split into 585 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #50372, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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- Monday
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- August
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- Large
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- Ocean
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