Round About a Great Estate
Round About a Great Estate by Richard Jefferies is available here as the complete text, split into 278 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Round About a Great Estate by Richard Jefferies. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #20528.
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This edition of Round About a Great Estate by Richard Jefferies carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #20528, divided into 10 chapters and 278 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 Round About a Great Estate?
Yes. All 1390 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #20528 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #20528, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Round About a Great Estate take to read?
About 115 minutes of reading across 278 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Preface
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- Story
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- Respect
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- Modern
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