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Daughters of the Dominion

Daughters of the Dominion by Bessie Marchant is available here as the complete text, split into 769 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Bessie Marchant31 chapters

Daughters of the Dominion: A Story of the Canadian Frontier by Bessie Marchant. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #48265.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 31 chapters

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Daughters of the Dominion

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  1. Chapter I 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Nell’s Dilemma 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Old Coat 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV What the New Day brought 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Summoned Home 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Moved on 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X To Fill the Breach 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Recognition of Mrs. Nichols 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Nell Learns her Family History 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII On the List 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Camp’s Gulch 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII One-sided Confidences 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Dead Chinaman 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX To the Rescue 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Fairly Caught 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI A Patient for Mrs. Nichols 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Fate of the Prisoner 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Honouring the Heroine 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV A Sister by Adoption 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Humours of Trading 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI A Woman of Business 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII An Early Customer 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Doss Umpey’s Excuses 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Arrival 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX An Adventure 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Dividing the Family 10 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Yes. All 3842 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #48265 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #48265, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Daughters of the Dominion take to read?

About 320 minutes of reading across 769 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Daughters of the Dominion

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Story
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Canadian
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Frontier
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Author
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