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Five years of youth

Five years of youth by Harriet Martineau is available here as the complete text, split into 405 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Five years of youth by Harriet Martineau. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #71156.

12 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Five years of youth

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  1. Chapter I 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Preparation 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Arrivals 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Pleasure or Pain? 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Friendship not always Bliss 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII London 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Profitable Pleasure 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Convent 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Sensibility without Sense 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI A new Abode 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Sense with Sensibility 19 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Is this the complete text of Five years of youth?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #71156, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Five years of youth take to read?

About 168 minutes of reading across 405 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Five years of youth

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Years
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Youth
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Sense
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Sentiment
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