The Yellow Flag: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3)
The Yellow Flag: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3) by Edmund Yates is available here as the complete text, split into 348 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Yellow Flag: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3) by Edmund Yates. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #61093.
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The Yellow Flag: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3)
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- Chapter I Calverley's Agent
- Chapter II Exit Tom Durham
- Chapter III Home, Sweet Home
- Chapter IV Pauline
- Chapter V A Little Paradise
- Chapter VI A Safe Investment
- Chapter VII In the City
- Chapter VIII The Vicar of Lullington
- Chapter IX Tom Durham's Friend
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI L'amie de la Maison
- Chapter XII "When Doctors Disagree."
This edition of The Yellow Flag: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3) by Edmund Yates carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #61093, divided into 12 chapters and 348 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 Yellow Flag: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3) is presented in 12 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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Yes. All 1739 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #61093 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #61093, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 144 minutes of reading across 348 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Yellow Flag: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3)
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Yellow Flag: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3), each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Calverley's
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- Agent
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- Conquered
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- Dislike
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