Sylvie and Bruno
Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll is available here as the complete text, split into 872 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #620.
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Sylvie and Bruno
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- Chapter I Less Bread! More Taxes!
- Chapter II L'amie Inconnue
- Chapter III Birthday-Presents
- Chapter IV A Cunning Conspiracy
- Chapter V A Beggar's Palace
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII The Barons Embassy
- Chapter VIII A Ride on a Lion
- Chapter IX A Jester and a Bear
- Chapter X The Other Professor
- Chapter XI Peter and Paul
- Chapter XII A Musical Gardener
- Chapter XIII A Visit to Dogland
- Chapter XIV Fairy-Sylvie
- Chapter XV Bruno's Revenge
- Chapter XVI A Changed Crocodile
- Chapter XVII The Three Badgers
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX How to Make a Phlizz
- Chapter XX Light Come, Light Go
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII Crossing the Line
- Chapter XXIII An Outlandish Watch
- Chapter XXIV The Frogs' Birthday-Treat
- Chapter XXV Looking Eastward
This edition of Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #620, divided into 25 chapters and 872 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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Is this the complete text of Sylvie and Bruno?
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Which edition of Sylvie and Bruno is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #620, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Sylvie and Bruno take to read?
About 363 minutes of reading across 872 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- People
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- Cheered
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- Again
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