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Stephen Archer, and Other Tales

Stephen Archer, and Other Tales by George MacDonald is available here as the complete text, split into 1361 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Stephen Archer, and Other Tales by George MacDonald. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9191.

33 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 33 chapters

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Stephen Archer, and Other Tales

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  1. Chapter I 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Watho 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Vesper 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Photogen 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Nycteris 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV How Photogen Grew 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV How Nycteris Grew 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Lamp 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Great Lamp 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Sunset 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Garden 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Something Quite New 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Sun 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Coward Hero 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV An Evil Nurse 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Refuge 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Werewolf 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII All Is Well 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Husband and Wife 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Another Astonishment 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII What It Meant 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII What Came of It 925 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Stephen Archer, and Other Tales by George MacDonald carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #9191, divided into 33 chapters and 1361 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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Stephen Archer, and Other Tales is presented in 33 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Stephen Archer, and Other Tales as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1361 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 33 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of Stephen Archer, and Other Tales?

Yes. All 6804 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #9191 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Stephen Archer, and Other Tales is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #9191, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Stephen Archer, and Other Tales take to read?

About 567 minutes of reading across 1361 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Stephen
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Archer
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