The Wolfe of Badenoch
The Wolfe of Badenoch by Thomas Dick, Sir Lauder is available here as the complete text, split into 1910 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Wolfe of Badenoch: A Historical Romance of the Fourteenth Century by Thomas Dick, Sir Lauder. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66763.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #66763, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 600 minutes of reading across 1910 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Historical
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- Romance
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- Fourteenth
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- Century
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