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A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals

A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals by Percy J. Billinghurst is available here as the complete text, split into 171 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals by Percy J. Billinghurst. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #24263.

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Rather than presenting A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 171 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 2 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #24263, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals take to read?

About 71 minutes of reading across 171 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Bodley
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London
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Anecdote
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Remorse
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