Death comes for the archbishop
Death comes for the archbishop by Willa Cather is available here as the complete text, split into 717 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Death comes for the archbishop by Willa Cather. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #69730.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #69730, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 298 minutes of reading across 717 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Death comes for the archbishop
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- Pioneers
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- Summer
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- Evening
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- Three
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