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When Life Was Young: At the Old Farm in Maine

When Life Was Young: At the Old Farm in Maine by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens is available here as the complete text, split into 1421 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens31 chapters

When Life Was Young: At the Old Farm in Maine by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #26994.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle
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When Life Was Young: At the Old Farm in Maine

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  1. Chapter I 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 172 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 39 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Maine
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Dearer
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Heart
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