Girls in Bookland
Girls in Bookland by Hildegarde Hawthorne is available here as the complete text, split into 743 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Girls in Bookland by Hildegarde Hawthorne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #62976.
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Girls in Bookland
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II How It Began to Open
- Chapter III The Winner of the Torch Race
- Chapter IV An Adventure with Little Women
- Chapter V A Looking-Glass Visit
- Chapter VI A Tournament and a Rescue with Rowena
- Chapter VII Afternoon Tea in Cranford
- Chapter VIII A Letter from Lorna
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X The Adventure in Guinevere’s Castle
- Chapter XI In the Hielands with Di Vernon
- Chapter XII A Summer Day with Ramona
- Chapter XIII Romola and the Florentine Boy
- Chapter XIV Little Nell and the Bun-Shop
- Chapter XV Evangeline and the Big Bear
- Chapter XVI The Little Quaker-City Maid
This edition of Girls in Bookland by Hildegarde Hawthorne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #62976, divided into 16 chapters and 743 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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Girls in Bookland is presented in 16 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Girls in Bookland as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 743 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 16 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Girls in Bookland?
Yes. All 3715 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #62976 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Girls in Bookland is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #62976, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Girls in Bookland take to read?
About 309 minutes of reading across 743 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Girls in Bookland
Words and structures a reader meets early in Girls in Bookland, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Inside
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- World
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- Another
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- Wonderful
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