13 Days
13 Days by John Alan Lyde Caunter is available here as the complete text, split into 323 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
13 Days: The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison by John Alan Lyde Caunter. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35724.
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13 Days
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This edition of 13 Days by John Alan Lyde Caunter carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #35724, divided into 15 chapters and 323 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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The complete text of 13 Days is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #35724 and divided into 323 sections.
This page carries the whole of 13 Days by John Alan Lyde Caunter, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #35724, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1612 sentences across 15 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is 13 Days divided for reading?
13 Days is presented in 15 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting 13 Days as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 323 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 15 chapters.
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Every sentence of 13 Days can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
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Is this the complete text of 13 Days?
Yes. All 1612 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #35724 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of 13 Days is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #35724, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does 13 Days take to read?
About 134 minutes of reading across 323 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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