Bible Stories and Religious Classics
Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Philip P. (Philip Patterson) Wells is available here as the complete text, split into 1189 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Philip P. (Philip Patterson) Wells. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #10380.
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Bible Stories and Religious Classics
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
This edition of Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Philip P. (Philip Patterson) Wells carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #10380, divided into 15 chapters and 1189 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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Yes. All 5941 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #10380 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #10380, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Bible Stories and Religious Classics take to read?
About 495 minutes of reading across 1189 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Introduction
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- Anson
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- Phelps
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- Stokes
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