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Mary-'Gusta

Mary-'Gusta by Joseph Crosby Lincoln is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1807 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Joseph Crosby Lincoln28 chapters

Mary-'Gusta by Joseph Crosby Lincoln. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2473.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 28 chapters

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Rather than presenting Mary-'Gusta as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1807 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 28 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #2473, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 1807 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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