Tried for Her Life
Tried for Her Life by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth is available here as the complete text, split into 1192 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #32757.
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Tried for Her Life
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII
- Chapter XXIX
- Chapter XXX
- Chapter XXXI
- Chapter XXXII
- Chapter XXXIII
This edition of Tried for Her Life by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #32757, divided into 33 chapters and 1192 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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- Sequel
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- Cruel
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- Grave
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- Southworth
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