A Book of Quaker Saints
A Book of Quaker Saints by L. V. (Lucy Violet) Hodgkin is available here as the complete text, split into 1207 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Book of Quaker Saints by L. V. (Lucy Violet) Hodgkin. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19605.
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A Book of Quaker Saints
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
This edition of A Book of Quaker Saints by L. V. (Lucy Violet) Hodgkin carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #19605, divided into 15 chapters and 1207 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #19605, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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