Mrs. Dud's Sister
Mrs. Dud's Sister by Josephine Daskam Bacon is available here as the complete text, split into 79 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Mrs. Dud's Sister by Josephine Daskam Bacon. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #23369.
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This edition of Mrs. Dud's Sister by Josephine Daskam Bacon carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #23369, divided into 1 chapters and 79 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 Mrs. Dud's Sister as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 79 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 1 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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Yes. All 393 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #23369 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #23369, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 32 minutes of reading across 79 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Mrs. Dud's Sister
Words and structures a reader meets early in Mrs. Dud's Sister, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Having
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- Terrace
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- Varian
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- Strolled
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