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A Little Bush Maid

A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce is available here as the complete text, split into 867 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Mary Grant Bruce18 chapters

A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8730.

18 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 18 chapters

Course Syllabus

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A Little Bush Maid

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0 of 859 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I Billabong 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Pets and Playthings 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III A Menagerie Race 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Jim’s Idea 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Anglers’ Bend 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A Bush Fire 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII What Norah Found 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII On a Log 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Fishing 95 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Good-Bye 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Winfield Murder 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Circus 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The End of the Struggle 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Evening 12 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #8730, divided into 18 chapters and 867 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.

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The complete text of A Little Bush Maid is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #8730 and divided into 867 sections.

This page carries the whole of A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #8730, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4331 sentences across 18 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

How is A Little Bush Maid divided for reading?

A Little Bush Maid is presented in 18 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting A Little Bush Maid as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 867 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 sections are gathered into 18 chapters.

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Every sentence of A Little Bush Maid 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 Little Bush Maid?

Yes. All 4331 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #8730 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Little Bush Maid is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #8730, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Little Bush Maid take to read?

About 360 minutes of reading across 867 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in A Little Bush Maid

Words and structures a reader meets early in A Little Bush Maid, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Norah
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Little Bush Maid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Station
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Little Bush Maid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
North
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Little Bush Maid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Victoria
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Little Bush Maid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.