A Deal with the Devil
A Deal with the Devil by Eden Phillpotts is available here as the complete text, split into 479 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Deal with the Devil by Eden Phillpotts. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #47246.
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A Deal with the Devil
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This edition of A Deal with the Devil by Eden Phillpotts carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #47246, divided into 6 chapters and 479 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 A Deal with the Devil is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #47246 and divided into 479 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Deal with the Devil by Eden Phillpotts, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #47246, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2394 sentences across 6 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.
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A Deal with the Devil is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Deal with the Devil as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 479 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 6 chapters.
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Every sentence of A Deal with the Devil 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 A Deal with the Devil?
Yes. All 2394 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #47246 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Deal with the Devil is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #47246, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Deal with the Devil take to read?
About 199 minutes of reading across 479 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A Deal with the Devil
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Deal with the Devil, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Deal with the Devil; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sugar-cane
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Deal with the Devil; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Folly
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- Fresh
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