Concerning Belinda
Concerning Belinda by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd is available here as the complete text, split into 468 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Concerning Belinda by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35008.
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This edition of Concerning Belinda by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #35008, divided into 11 chapters and 468 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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Rather than presenting Concerning Belinda as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 468 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 11 chapters.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #35008, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 194 minutes of reading across 468 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Principals
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- Boarding-schools
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- Author
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- These
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