Gay's year on Sunset Island
Gay's year on Sunset Island by Marguerite Aspinwall is available here as the complete text, split into 467 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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This edition of Gay's year on Sunset Island by Marguerite Aspinwall carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #76532, divided into 16 chapters and 467 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #76532, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 194 minutes of reading across 467 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Lived
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- Sleepy
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- England
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