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A Busy Year at the Old Squire's

A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens is available here as the complete text, split into 1065 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens36 chapters

A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19968.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 36 chapters

Course Syllabus

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A Busy Year at the Old Squire's

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0 of 1050 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Every sentence of A Busy Year at the Old Squire's can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

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Is this the complete text of A Busy Year at the Old Squire's?

Yes. All 5324 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #19968 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Busy Year at the Old Squire's is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #19968, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Busy Year at the Old Squire's take to read?

About 443 minutes of reading across 1065 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in A Busy Year at the Old Squire's

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Generally
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Speaking
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Young
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Folks
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