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Hatchie, the Guardian Slave

Hatchie, the Guardian Slave by Oliver Optic is available here as the complete text, split into 1080 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Hatchie, the Guardian Slave by Oliver Optic. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #14731.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 30 chapters

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Hatchie, the Guardian Slave

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0 of 1070 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 59 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Hatchie, the Guardian Slave is presented in 30 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Hatchie, the Guardian Slave as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1080 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 30 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of Hatchie, the Guardian Slave?

Yes. All 5397 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #14731 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #14731, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Hatchie, the Guardian Slave take to read?

About 449 minutes of reading across 1080 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Antony
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Presumptuous
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Ventidius
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Privilege
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