May Day with the Muses
May Day with the Muses by Robert Bloomfield is available here as the complete text, split into 77 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
May Day with the Muses by Robert Bloomfield. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9043.
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May Day with the Muses
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This edition of May Day with the Muses by Robert Bloomfield carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #9043, divided into 1 chapters and 77 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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Is this the complete text of May Day with the Muses?
Yes. All 385 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #9043 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #9043, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does May Day with the Muses take to read?
About 32 minutes of reading across 77 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in May Day with the Muses
Words and structures a reader meets early in May Day with the Muses, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Mayday
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of May Day with the Muses; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Muses
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of May Day with the Muses; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Author
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- Farmer's
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