The Abandoned Farmers
The Abandoned Farmers by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb is available here as the complete text, split into 401 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Abandoned Farmers His Humorous Account of a Retreat from the City to the Farm by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44226.
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The Abandoned Farmers
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II , coming immediately after this one, was written first of all
- Chapter III The Start of a Dream
- Chapter IV Three Years Elapse
- Chapter V Happy Days for Major Gloom
- Chapter VI In Which We Bore Foe Water
- Chapter VII Two More Years Elapse
- Chapter VIII “And Sold to----”
- Chapter IX , the Adventure of Lady Maude
- Chapter X Us Landed Proprietors
This edition of The Abandoned Farmers by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #44226, divided into 10 chapters and 401 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 The Abandoned Farmers?
Yes. All 2001 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44226 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Abandoned Farmers is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #44226, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Abandoned Farmers take to read?
About 166 minutes of reading across 401 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Abandoned Farmers
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- Humorous
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Abandoned Farmers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Account
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- Retreat
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- Inclination
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