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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John, Jr. Fox is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 970 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John, Jr. Fox. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2059.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 31 chapters

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This edition of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John, Jr. Fox carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2059, divided into 31 chapters and 970 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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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is presented in 31 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 970 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 31 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Is this the complete text of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come?

Yes. All 4849 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2059 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #2059, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come take to read?

About 404 minutes of reading across 970 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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April: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Miracle: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

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