The Friendly Five: A Story
The Friendly Five: A Story by Mary C. (Mary Churchill) Hungerford is available here as the complete text, split into 466 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Friendly Five: A Story by Mary C. (Mary Churchill) Hungerford. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #58751.
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The Friendly Five: A Story
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII
- Chapter XXIX
- Chapter XXX
- Chapter XXXI
- Chapter XXXII
- Chapter XXXIII
- Chapter XXXIV
This edition of The Friendly Five: A Story by Mary C. (Mary Churchill) Hungerford carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #58751, divided into 34 chapters and 466 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #58751, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Friendly Five: A Story take to read?
About 194 minutes of reading across 466 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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