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Witness for the Defence

Witness for the Defence by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason is available here as the complete text, split into 1183 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Witness for the Defence by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #12535.

26 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Project Gutenberg eBook #12535, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 492 minutes of reading across 1183 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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