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A pair of blue eyes

A pair of blue eyes by Thomas Hardy is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1635 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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A pair of blue eyes by Thomas Hardy. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #224.

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This edition of A pair of blue eyes by Thomas Hardy carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #224, divided into 40 chapters and 1635 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #224, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 1635 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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