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My Little Lady

My Little Lady by E. Frances (Eleanor Frances) Poynter is available here as the complete text, split into 927 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

E. Frances (Eleanor Frances) Poynter31 chapters

My Little Lady by E. Frances (Eleanor Frances) Poynter. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #16788.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 31 chapters

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My Little Lady

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This edition of My Little Lady by E. Frances (Eleanor Frances) Poynter carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #16788, divided into 31 chapters and 927 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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My Little Lady is presented in 31 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting My Little Lady as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 927 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 31 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 #16788, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 386 minutes of reading across 927 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Garden: A word that appears in the opening chapter of My Little Lady; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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