Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 378 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
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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
This edition of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #447, divided into 19 chapters and 378 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #447, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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- Little
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- Stood
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- Gravel
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- Honor
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