Modern Broods
Modern Broods by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge is available here as the complete text, split into 747 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Modern Broods by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #7191.
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Modern Broods
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II The Goyle
- Chapter III The First Sunday
- Chapter IV Cycles
- Chapter V Clipstone Friends
- Chapter VI The Frescoes of St. Kenelm’s
- Chapter VII Sister and Sisters
- Chapter VIII Snobbishness
- Chapter IX Gone Over to the Enemy
- Chapter X Flown
- Chapter XI Adrift
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV Pairing Time Anticipated
- Chapter XV Broods Astray
- Chapter XVI The Regiment of Women
- Chapter XVII Foxgloves and Flirtations
- Chapter XVIII Palaces or Churches
- Chapter XIX Two Weddings
- Chapter XX Fleeting
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV Cruel Lawyers
- Chapter XXV Bear as Adviser
- Chapter XXVI New Paths
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII
- Chapter XXIX Safe
- Chapter XXX The Maiden Rocks
- Chapter XXXI The Wreck
- Chapter XXXII Anchored
- Chapter XXXIII
This edition of Modern Broods by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #7191, divided into 33 chapters and 747 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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Modern Broods is presented in 33 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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Is this the complete text of Modern Broods?
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Project Gutenberg eBook #7191, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Modern Broods take to read?
About 311 minutes of reading across 747 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Modern Broods
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- Charlotte
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- Yonge
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- Youth
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- Scholars
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