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Athalie

Athalie by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers is available here as the complete text, split into 1331 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers31 chapters

Athalie by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #27342.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 31 chapters

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This edition of Athalie by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #27342, divided into 31 chapters and 1331 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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Rather than presenting Athalie as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1331 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 31 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #27342, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 554 minutes of reading across 1331 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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