Emma McChesney and Co.
Emma McChesney and Co. by Edna Ferber is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 667 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Emma McChesney and Co. by Edna Ferber. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #453.
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Emma McChesney and Co.
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
- Chapter XVI Chapter 16
This edition of Emma McChesney and Co. by Edna Ferber carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #453, divided into 16 chapters and 667 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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Is this the complete text of Emma McChesney and Co.?
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Project Gutenberg eBook #453, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 277 minutes of reading across 667 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Emma McChesney and Co.
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- Mcchesney
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- Marked
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- Closed
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- President
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