Chapter 2 of Underwoods is here in full — 18 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chapter 2 of Underwoods by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 18 sentences, grouped into 4 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 2 holds 18 sentences of Underwoods, unabridged, divided into 4 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Underwoods by Robert Louis Stevenson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 18 sentences, grouped into 4 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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About 52 minutes of reading across 126 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Underwoods, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Underwoods is here in full — 18 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I. THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II. ILLE TERRARUM—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ 80 breeze III. When aince Aprile has fairly come 85 IV. A MILE AN’ A BITTOCK 87 V.
Chapter 2 of Underwoods is here in full — 18 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/4 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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From this reading THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II.
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From this reading ILLE TERRARUM—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ 80 breeze III.
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From this reading When aince Aprile has fairly come 85 IV.
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From this reading A MILE AN’ A BITTOCK 87 V.
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From this reading A MILE AN’ A BITTOCK 87 V.
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From this reading When aince Aprile has fairly come 85 IV.
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From this reading THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II.
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From this reading A MILE AN’ A BITTOCK 87 V.
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From this reading When aince Aprile has fairly come 85 IV.
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From this reading THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II.
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From this reading A MILE AN’ A BITTOCK 87 V.
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From this reading ILLE TERRARUM—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ 80 breeze III.
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From this reading When aince Aprile has fairly come 85 IV.
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From this reading ILLE TERRARUM—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ 80 breeze III.
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From this reading When aince Aprile has fairly come 85 IV.
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From this reading THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II.
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From this reading ILLE TERRARUM—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ 80 breeze III.
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From this reading When aince Aprile has fairly come 85 IV.
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From this reading I.
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From this reading THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II.
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From this reading ILLE TERRARUM—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ 80 breeze III.
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From this reading ILLE TERRARUM—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ 80 breeze III.
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From this reading When aince Aprile has fairly come 85 IV.
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From this reading THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II.
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From this reading A MILE AN’ A BITTOCK 87 V.
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From this reading ILLE TERRARUM—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ 80 breeze III.
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From this reading ILLE TERRARUM—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ 80 breeze III.
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From this reading THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II.
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From this reading ILLE TERRARUM—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ 80 breeze III.
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From this reading THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II.
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From this reading THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II.
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From this reading A MILE AN’ A BITTOCK 87 V.
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From this reading When aince Aprile has fairly come 85 IV.
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From this reading THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II.
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From this reading THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the 77 years to be II.
