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The Youngest Sister: A Tale of Manitoba

The Youngest Sister: A Tale of Manitoba by Bessie Marchant is available here as the complete text, split into 773 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Youngest Sister: A Tale of Manitoba by Bessie Marchant. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #48942.

34 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 34 chapters

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The Youngest Sister: A Tale of Manitoba

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  1. Chapter I 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Concerning the Doynes 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Tremulous Beginnings 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Against her Will 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A Wild Journey 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Worse than Her Fears 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A Dreadful Blow 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI A Wild Revolt 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Glory of the Wheat 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII A Trick of Memory 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV In the Rush 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Blow of Fate 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Black Ruin 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Standing in the Breach 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX A Disquieting Rumour 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX An Impossible Favour 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Out of the Silence 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Errand is Done 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Something of a Mistake 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV A Revelation for Bertha 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Disappointment 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Consternation 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX A Great Embarrassment 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Bad News 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI The Tidings Confirmed 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII The Man at Last 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Mystery Clears 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV The End 13 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #48942, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 322 minutes of reading across 773 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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