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Children of the Soil

Children of the Soil by Henryk Sienkiewicz is available here as the complete text, split into 2705 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Children of the Soil by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44939.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

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This edition of Children of the Soil by Henryk Sienkiewicz carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #44939, divided into 40 chapters and 2705 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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Children of the Soil is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Children of the Soil as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2705 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 40 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of Children of the Soil?

Yes. All 13524 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44939 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #44939, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Children of the Soil take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2705 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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