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First harvests

First harvests by Frederic Jesup Stimson is available here as the complete text, split into 1124 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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First harvests by Frederic Jesup Stimson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #70039.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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First harvests

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0 of 1110 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of First harvests by Frederic Jesup Stimson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #70039, divided into 40 chapters and 1124 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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First harvests is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting First harvests as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1124 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 First harvests?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #70039, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does First harvests take to read?

About 468 minutes of reading across 1124 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in First harvests

Words and structures a reader meets early in First harvests, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Sentimental: A word that appears in the opening chapter of First harvests; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Calendar: A word that appears in the opening chapter of First harvests; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Major: A word that appears in the opening chapter of First harvests; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Bells: A word that appears in the opening chapter of First harvests; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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