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After London

After London by Richard Jefferies is available here as the complete text, split into 701 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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After London by Richard Jefferies. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #13944.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of After London by Richard Jefferies carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #13944, divided into 32 chapters and 701 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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This page carries the whole of After London by Richard Jefferies, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #13944, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3502 sentences across 32 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.

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After London is presented in 32 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting After London as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 701 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 32 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Is this the complete text of After London?

Yes. All 3502 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #13944 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #13944, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 291 minutes of reading across 701 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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