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The bacillus of beauty

The bacillus of beauty by Harriet Stark is available here as the complete text, split into 1132 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The bacillus of beauty by Harriet Stark. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9081.

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This edition of The bacillus of beauty by Harriet Stark carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #9081, divided into 33 chapters and 1132 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #9081, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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Beautiful: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The bacillus of beauty; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Woman: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The bacillus of beauty; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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