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The Whistler book ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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360,583 braille cells · 380 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,519 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠎⠊⠇⠓⠕⠥⠑⠞⠞⠑⠀⠁⠎⠀⠎⠑⠑⠝⠀⠊⠝⠀⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀
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⠎⠊⠭⠞⠊⠑⠎⠲⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠎⠽⠍⠏⠓⠕⠝⠽⠀⠊⠝⠀⠠⠛⠗⠁⠽⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
⠠⠛⠗⠑⠑⠝⠤⠤⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠕⠉⠑⠁⠝⠀⠶⠏⠁⠊⠝⠞⠑⠙⠀⠊⠝⠀⠼⠁⠓⠋⠋⠶⠀⠀
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⠕⠗⠙⠊⠝⠁⠗⠽⠀⠺⠗⠊⠞⠞⠑⠝⠀⠎⠊⠛⠝⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠁⠎⠀⠀⠍⠕⠎⠞⠀
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⠞⠕⠕⠅⠀⠁⠝⠀⠁⠗⠞⠊⠎⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠺⠓⠊⠎⠞⠇⠑⠗⠄⠎⠀⠀
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⠊⠝⠛⠑⠝⠥⠊⠞⠽⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠎⠕⠍⠑⠀⠙⠑⠛⠗⠑⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠀⠍⠕⠙⠑⠎⠞⠽⠲⠀
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