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Up the Hill and Over

Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 0 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #10438.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 36 chapters

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Up the Hill and Over

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  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Chapter 23 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Chapter 24 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Chapter 25 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Chapter 26 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Chapter 27 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Chapter 28 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Chapter 29 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Chapter 30 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Chapter 31 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Chapter 32 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Chapter 33 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Chapter 34 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Chapter 35 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Chapter 36 14 readings five lines each Open chapter

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