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Polly in New York

Polly in New York by Lillian Elizabeth Roy is available here as the complete text, split into 736 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Polly in New York by Lillian Elizabeth Roy. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37459.

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Polly in New York

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  1. Chapter I 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II House Hunting in New York 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Furnishing the Stable 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Bargains, Bargains Everywhere! 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V First Days at School 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Night of the Play 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Mrs. Wellington’s Thanksgiving 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII A Week of Pleasure 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Polly’s Muscle 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Christmas and What It Brought 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Valentines 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Mr. Fabian Plots for Facts 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Another Year at School 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Foundling 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Billy Finds a Father 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Polly and Eleanor Leave for Europe 69 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 306 minutes of reading across 736 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Polly
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Pebbly
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Friends
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Abroad
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