Why Joan?
Why Joan? by Eleanor Mercein Kelly is available here as the complete text, split into 1514 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Why Joan? by Eleanor Mercein Kelly. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34801.
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Why Joan?
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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
- Chapter XXVIII
- Chapter XXIX
- Chapter XXX
- Chapter XXXI
- Chapter XXXII
- Chapter XXXIII
- Chapter XXXIV
- Chapter XXXV
- Chapter XXXVI
- Chapter XXXVII
- Chapter XXXVIII
- Chapter XXXIX
- Chapter XL
This edition of Why Joan? by Eleanor Mercein Kelly carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #34801, divided into 40 chapters and 1514 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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Why Joan? is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Why Joan? as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1514 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 40 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 Why Joan??
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Project Gutenberg eBook #34801, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Why Joan? take to read?
About 600 minutes of reading across 1514 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Author
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- Kildares
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- Storm
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- Richard
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