Sweetapple Cove
Sweetapple Cove by George Van Schaick is available here as the complete text, split into 815 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Sweetapple Cove by George Van Schaick. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #13396.
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Sweetapple Cove
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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 Sweetapple Cove by George Van Schaick carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #13396, divided into 21 chapters and 815 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 Sweetapple Cove?
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Which edition of Sweetapple Cove is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #13396, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Sweetapple Cove take to read?
About 339 minutes of reading across 815 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Sweetapple Cove
Words and structures a reader meets early in Sweetapple Cove, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Weeks
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sweetapple Cove; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Evening
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- Bright
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- Dining
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