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Bobby of the Labrador

Bobby of the Labrador by Dillon Wallace is available here as the complete text, split into 580 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Bobby of the Labrador by Dillon Wallace. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #14882.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 30 chapters

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Bobby of the Labrador

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This edition of Bobby of the Labrador by Dillon Wallace carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #14882, divided into 30 chapters and 580 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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Bobby of the Labrador is presented in 30 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Bobby of the Labrador as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 580 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 30 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 Bobby of the Labrador?

Yes. All 2897 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #14882 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #14882, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 241 minutes of reading across 580 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Bobby of the Labrador

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Zachariah: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bobby of the Labrador; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Bobby of the Labrador

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