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A Daughter of the Land

A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1523 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3722.

27 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 27 chapters

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This edition of A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3722, divided into 27 chapters and 1523 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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A Daughter of the Land is presented in 27 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting A Daughter of the Land as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1523 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 27 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Every sentence of A Daughter of the Land 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 Daughter of the Land?

Yes. All 7615 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3722 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Daughter of the Land is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #3722, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Daughter of the Land take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1523 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Physical: A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Daughter of the Land; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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A Daughter of the Land

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