A Christmas Greeting: A Series of Stories
A Christmas Greeting: A Series of Stories by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen is available here as the complete text, split into 266 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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A Christmas Greeting: A Series of Stories
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A Christmas Greeting: A Series of Stories is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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Yes. All 1328 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #31103 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #31103, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 110 minutes of reading across 266 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A Christmas Greeting: A Series of Stories
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Christmas Greeting: A Series of Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Magnet
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- Stories
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- Summer
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- Winter
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