Grif: A Story of Australian Life
Grif: A Story of Australian Life by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon is available here as the complete text, split into 1512 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Grif: A Story of Australian Life
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
This edition of Grif: A Story of Australian Life by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #45919, divided into 27 chapters and 1512 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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- Relates
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- Experiences
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- Thickly
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- Populated
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