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Wilfrid Cumbermede

Wilfrid Cumbermede by George MacDonald is available here as the complete text, split into 2015 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Wilfrid Cumbermede by George MacDonald. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9183.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Wilfrid Cumbermede

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  1. Chapter I 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 99 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 120 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 134 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 119 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 101 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 101 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 87 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 25 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #9183, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Wilfrid Cumbermede take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2015 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Where
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Myself
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Wisest
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Chicken
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