A Few Figs from Thistles
A Few Figs from Thistles by Edna St. Vincent Millay is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 18 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Few Figs from Thistles by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4399.
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A Few Figs from Thistles
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Is this the complete text of A Few Figs from Thistles?
Yes. All 88 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #4399 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #4399, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 7 minutes of reading across 18 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A Few Figs from Thistles
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- Thanks
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- Editors
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