Austin and His Friends
Austin and His Friends by Frederic Henry Balfour is available here as the complete text, split into 743 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Austin and His Friends by Frederic Henry Balfour. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #16099.
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Austin and His Friends
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This edition of Austin and His Friends by Frederic Henry Balfour carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #16099, divided into 9 chapters and 743 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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Austin and His Friends is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Austin and His Friends as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 743 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 9 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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Is this the complete text of Austin and His Friends?
Yes. All 3713 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #16099 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Austin and His Friends is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #16099, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Austin and His Friends take to read?
About 309 minutes of reading across 743 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Austin and His Friends
Words and structures a reader meets early in Austin and His Friends, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Austin and His Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Expiation
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Austin and His Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Eugene
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- London
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Austin and His Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.