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A Man from the North

A Man from the North by Arnold Bennett is available here as the complete text, split into 675 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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A Man from the North by Arnold Bennett. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #52247.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle

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Academic course · 32 chapters

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This edition of A Man from the North by Arnold Bennett carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #52247, divided into 32 chapters and 675 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 Man from the North is presented in 32 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting A Man from the North as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 675 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 32 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of A Man from the North?

Yes. All 3372 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #52247 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #52247, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 281 minutes of reading across 675 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in A Man from the North

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Grows: A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Man from the North; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
North: A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Man from the North; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Country: A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Man from the North; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Certain: A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Man from the North; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

A Man from the North

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