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Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie · 1911
81%of this book is inside a 1600-word core English vocabulary
47,367words in the book
4,865different words
2,986beyond the core

Ranked #13 of 32 — easiest first.

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All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!

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