A Lear of the Steppes, etc.
A Lear of the Steppes, etc. by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is available here as the complete text, split into 779 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Lear of the Steppes, etc. by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #52642.
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A Lear of the Steppes, etc.
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This edition of A Lear of the Steppes, etc. by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #52642, divided into 9 chapters and 779 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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A Lear of the Steppes, etc. is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Lear of the Steppes, etc. as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 779 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 9 chapters.
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Yes. All 3892 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #52642 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #52642, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 324 minutes of reading across 779 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A Lear of the Steppes, etc.
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- Gentlefolk
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- Fathers
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