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A Lively Bit of the Front

A Lively Bit of the Front by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman is available here as the complete text, split into 861 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman30 chapters

A Lively Bit of the Front: A Tale of the New Zealand Rifles on the Western Front by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #40073.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 30 chapters

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A Lively Bit of the Front

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0 of 849 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 42 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Yes. All 4302 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #40073 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #40073, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Lively Bit of the Front take to read?

About 358 minutes of reading across 861 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in A Lively Bit of the Front

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Zealand
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Rifles
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Western
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Front
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