Understood Betsy
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 546 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5347.
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This edition of Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #5347, divided into 11 chapters and 546 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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Understood Betsy is presented in 11 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Understood Betsy as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 546 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 11 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 Understood Betsy?
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Project Gutenberg eBook #5347, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Understood Betsy take to read?
About 227 minutes of reading across 546 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Understood Betsy
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- Story
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- Begins
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- Elizabeth
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- Heroine
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