Patty and Azalea
Patty and Azalea by Carolyn Wells is available here as the complete text, split into 823 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Patty and Azalea by Carolyn Wells. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #14352.
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Patty and Azalea
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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
This edition of Patty and Azalea by Carolyn Wells carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #14352, divided into 17 chapters and 823 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 Patty and Azalea?
Yes. All 4111 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #14352 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #14352, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Patty and Azalea take to read?
About 342 minutes of reading across 823 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Patty and Azalea
Words and structures a reader meets early in Patty and Azalea, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Refuse
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Patty and Azalea; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Further
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Patty and Azalea; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Porch
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Patty and Azalea; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Wistaria
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