The Manor House School
The Manor House School by Angela Brazil is available here as the complete text, split into 662 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Manor House School by Angela Brazil. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #28974.
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The Manor House School
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
- Chapter XVI Chapter 16
- Chapter XVII Chapter 17
This edition of The Manor House School by Angela Brazil carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #28974, divided into 17 chapters and 662 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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This page carries the whole of The Manor House School by Angela Brazil, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #28974, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3308 sentences across 17 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
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The Manor House School is presented in 17 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Manor House School as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 662 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 17 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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Questions about reading The Manor House School
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Is this the complete text of The Manor House School?
Yes. All 3308 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #28974 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Manor House School is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #28974, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Manor House School take to read?
About 275 minutes of reading across 662 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Manor House School
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Manor House School, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Manor House School; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Nicest
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Manor House School; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- School
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Manor House School; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Third
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