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Ditte: Girl Alive!

Ditte: Girl Alive! by Martin Andersen Nexø is available here as the complete text, split into 1006 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Martin Andersen Nexø32 chapters

Ditte: Girl Alive! by Martin Andersen Nexø. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #31496.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 32 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Ditte: Girl Alive!

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  1. Chapter I 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 46 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #31496, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 419 minutes of reading across 1006 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Ditte: Girl Alive!

Words and structures a reader meets early in Ditte: Girl Alive!, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Ditte
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ditte: Girl Alive!; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Alive
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ditte: Girl Alive!; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Always
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Considered
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