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Advisory Ben: A Story

Advisory Ben: A Story by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas is available here as the complete text, split into 777 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Advisory Ben: A Story by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63536.

9 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 9 chapters

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This edition of Advisory Ben: A Story by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #63536, divided into 9 chapters and 777 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 Advisory Ben: A Story is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #63536 and divided into 777 sections.

This page carries the whole of Advisory Ben: A Story by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #63536, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3883 sentences across 9 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.

How is Advisory Ben: A Story divided for reading?

Advisory Ben: A Story is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Advisory Ben: A Story as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 777 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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Every sentence of Advisory Ben: A Story 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 Advisory Ben: A Story?

Yes. All 3883 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #63536 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Advisory Ben: A Story is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #63536, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Advisory Ben: A Story take to read?

About 323 minutes of reading across 777 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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