The Squatter's Dream
The Squatter's Dream by Rolf Boldrewood is available here as the complete text, split into 1111 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Squatter's Dream: A Story of Australian Life by Rolf Boldrewood. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #50411.
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The Squatter's Dream
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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
This edition of The Squatter's Dream by Rolf Boldrewood carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #50411, divided into 27 chapters and 1111 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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The complete text of The Squatter's Dream is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #50411 and divided into 1111 sections.
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How is The Squatter's Dream divided for reading?
The Squatter's Dream is presented in 27 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Squatter's Dream as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1111 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 sections are gathered into 27 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Squatter's Dream can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading The Squatter's Dream
Common questions about reading The Squatter's Dream by Rolf Boldrewood on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Squatter's Dream?
Yes. All 5552 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #50411 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Squatter's Dream is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #50411, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Squatter's Dream take to read?
About 462 minutes of reading across 1111 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Squatter's Dream section by section
How to work through The Squatter's Dream section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Squatter's Dream
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- Errors
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- Attributable
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- Printer
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