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Ruth Hall

Ruth Hall by Fanny Fern is available here as the complete text, split into 709 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time by Fanny Fern. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #40814.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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This edition of Ruth Hall by Fanny Fern carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #40814, divided into 40 chapters and 709 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.

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Ruth Hall is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Ruth Hall as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 709 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 sections are gathered into 40 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of Ruth Hall?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #40814, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Ruth Hall take to read?

About 295 minutes of reading across 709 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Ruth Hall

Words and structures a reader meets early in Ruth Hall, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Domestic: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ruth Hall; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Present: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ruth Hall; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Fanny: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ruth Hall; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Entered: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ruth Hall; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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