Gritli's Children
Gritli's Children by Johanna Spyri is available here as the complete text, split into 563 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Gritli's Children by Johanna Spyri. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #15727.
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Gritli's Children
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
- Chapter XVI Chapter 16
This edition of Gritli's Children by Johanna Spyri carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #15727, divided into 16 chapters and 563 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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The complete text of Gritli's Children is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #15727 and divided into 563 sections.
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Gritli's Children is presented in 16 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Gritli's Children as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 563 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 16 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
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Is this the complete text of Gritli's Children?
Yes. All 2814 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #15727 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Gritli's Children is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #15727, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Gritli's Children take to read?
About 234 minutes of reading across 563 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Gritli's Children
Words and structures a reader meets early in Gritli's Children, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Doctor
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- House
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- Buchberg
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- Kitchen-garden
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