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A Flat Iron for a Farthing

A Flat Iron for a Farthing by Juliana Horatia Ewing is available here as the complete text, split into 609 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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A Flat Iron for a Farthing by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19859.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of A Flat Iron for a Farthing by Juliana Horatia Ewing carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #19859, divided into 31 chapters and 609 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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Rather than presenting A Flat Iron for a Farthing as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 609 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 31 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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Yes. All 3043 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #19859 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #19859, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 253 minutes of reading across 609 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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