Seven Little Australians
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 467 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4731.
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Seven Little Australians
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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
This edition of Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #4731, divided into 21 chapters and 467 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 Seven Little Australians?
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Project Gutenberg eBook #4731, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Seven Little Australians take to read?
About 194 minutes of reading across 467 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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