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The Song of the Lark

by Willa Cather

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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

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.

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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

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Long-form project

Many short stopping points support flexible sessions. About 27 calm 30-minute sessions.

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Read with momentum

Use chapter or section breaks to keep context while reading steadily

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Begin with chapter one

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Table of contents

62 chapters

  1. 01I12 min
  2. 02II9 min
  3. 03III5 min
  4. 04IV14 min
  5. 05V10 min
  6. 06VI13 min
  7. 07VII15 min
  8. 08VIII14 min
  9. 09IX7 min
  10. 10X6 min
  11. 11XI9 min
  12. 12XII12 min
  13. 13XIII14 min
  14. 14XIV10 min
  15. 15XV8 min
  16. 16XVI23 min
  17. 17XVII9 min
  18. 18XVIII15 min
  19. 19XIX13 min
  20. 20XX12 min
  21. 21I — Section 2111 min
  22. 22II — Section 227 min
  23. 23III — Section 2323 min
  24. 24IV — Section 246 min
  25. 25V — Section 2514 min
  26. 26VI — Section 267 min
  27. 27VII — Section 279 min
  28. 28VIII — Section 2811 min
  29. 29IX — Section 297 min
  30. 30X — Section 3014 min
  31. 31XI — Section 3117 min
  32. 32I — Section 3215 min
  33. 33II — Section 338 min
  34. 34III — Section 348 min
  35. 35IV — Section 3517 min
  36. 36V — Section 365 min
  37. 37VI — Section 375 min
  38. 38I — Section 383 min
  39. 39II — Section 395 min
  40. 40III — Section 406 min
  41. 41IV — Section 415 min
  42. 42V — Section 426 min
  43. 43VI — Section 4313 min
  44. 44VII — Section 4410 min
  45. 45VIII — Section 4521 min
  46. 46I — Section 469 min
  47. 47II — Section 4715 min
  48. 48III — Section 486 min
  49. 49IV — Section 499 min
  50. 50V — Section 5014 min
  51. 51I — Section 518 min
  52. 52II — Section 5216 min
  53. 53III — Section 5310 min
  54. 54IV — Section 5413 min
  55. 55V — Section 5511 min
  56. 56VI — Section 5613 min
  57. 57VII — Section 5715 min
  58. 58VIII — Section 588 min
  59. 59IX — Section 5917 min
  60. 60X — Section 6011 min
  61. 61XI — Section 6115 min
  62. 62EPILOGUE12 min
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