A House in Bloomsbury
A House in Bloomsbury by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant is available here as the complete text, split into 825 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A House in Bloomsbury by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55140.
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A House in Bloomsbury
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A House in Bloomsbury is presented in 25 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A House in Bloomsbury as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 825 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 25 chapters.
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Yes. All 4123 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #55140 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #55140, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A House in Bloomsbury take to read?
About 343 minutes of reading across 825 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A House in Bloomsbury
Words and structures a reader meets early in A House in Bloomsbury, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Father
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A House in Bloomsbury; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Going
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- Upstairs
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- Little
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