Overview
About this book
The Song of the Lark is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Willa Cather. Catalog subjects include Musical fiction; Young women -- Fiction; Bildungsromans. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.
- First published
- Unknown year
- Language
- English
- Copyright status
- Public domain
- Source edition
- Project Gutenberg ebook #44
English level
B1–B2 · Steady progress
The Song of the Lark is calibrated from 40,360 sampled words across 62 chapters: sentences average 13.8 words, 13.4% exceed 24 words and 4.7% of words are nine letters or longer.
Explore the B1–B2 level →Sentence rhythm
What the prose asks
Mostly compact sentences averaging 13.8 words in the sampled text
Vocabulary
What may slow you down
4.7% of sampled words contain nine or more letters; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter
Reading rhythm
Long-form project
Many short stopping points support flexible sessions. About 27 calm 30-minute sessions.
Suggested approach
Read with momentum
Use chapter or section breaks to keep context while reading steadily
Best starting point
Begin with chapter one
The full text is ready with speech, lookup and saved progress.
CEFR-aligned Linden estimate · high confidence · sampled full text · Calibrated 2026-09-08 · Provisional, not an exam certification.
Table of contents
62 chapters
- 01I12 min
- 02II9 min
- 03III5 min
- 04IV14 min
- 05V10 min
- 06VI13 min
- 07VII15 min
- 08VIII14 min
- 09IX7 min
- 10X6 min
- 11XI9 min
- 12XII12 min
- 13XIII14 min
- 14XIV10 min
- 15XV8 min
- 16XVI23 min
- 17XVII9 min
- 18XVIII15 min
- 19XIX13 min
- 20XX12 min
- 21I — Section 2111 min
- 22II — Section 227 min
- 23III — Section 2323 min
- 24IV — Section 246 min
- 25V — Section 2514 min
- 26VI — Section 267 min
- 27VII — Section 279 min
- 28VIII — Section 2811 min
- 29IX — Section 297 min
- 30X — Section 3014 min
- 31XI — Section 3117 min
- 32I — Section 3215 min
- 33II — Section 338 min
- 34III — Section 348 min
- 35IV — Section 3517 min
- 36V — Section 365 min
- 37VI — Section 375 min
- 38I — Section 383 min
- 39II — Section 395 min
- 40III — Section 406 min
- 41IV — Section 415 min
- 42V — Section 426 min
- 43VI — Section 4313 min
- 44VII — Section 4410 min
- 45VIII — Section 4521 min
- 46I — Section 469 min
- 47II — Section 4715 min
- 48III — Section 486 min
- 49IV — Section 499 min
- 50V — Section 5014 min
- 51I — Section 518 min
- 52II — Section 5216 min
- 53III — Section 5310 min
- 54IV — Section 5413 min
- 55V — Section 5511 min
- 56VI — Section 5613 min
- 57VII — Section 5715 min
- 58VIII — Section 588 min
- 59IX — Section 5917 min
- 60X — Section 6011 min
- 61XI — Section 6115 min
- 62EPILOGUE12 min





