Other Things Being Equal
Other Things Being Equal by Emma Wolf is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 889 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Other Things Being Equal by Emma Wolf. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1839.
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Other Things Being Equal
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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
- Chapter XX Chapter 20
- Chapter XXI Chapter 21
- Chapter XXII Chapter 22
- Chapter XXIII Chapter 23
- Chapter XXIV Chapter 24
- Chapter XXV Chapter 25
- Chapter XXVI Chapter 26
- Chapter XXVII Chapter 27
This edition of Other Things Being Equal by Emma Wolf carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1839, divided into 27 chapters and 889 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 Other Things Being Equal as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 889 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 27 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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Is this the complete text of Other Things Being Equal?
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Project Gutenberg eBook #1839, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Other Things Being Equal take to read?
About 370 minutes of reading across 889 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Other Things Being Equal
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