Love Among the Chickens
Love Among the Chickens by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 811 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Love Among the Chickens by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3829.
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Love Among the Chickens
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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
- Chapter XVII Chapter 17
- Chapter XVIII Chapter 18
- Chapter XIX Chapter 19
- Chapter XX Chapter 20
- Chapter XXI Chapter 21
This edition of Love Among the Chickens by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3829, divided into 21 chapters and 811 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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Rather than presenting Love Among the Chickens as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 811 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 21 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 Love Among the Chickens?
Yes. All 4055 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3829 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Love Among the Chickens is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #3829, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Love Among the Chickens take to read?
About 337 minutes of reading across 811 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Love Among the Chickens
Words and structures a reader meets early in Love Among the Chickens, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Waterloo
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- Station
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- Fellow-travellers
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- Brown
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