Behind the Beyond, and Other Contributions
Behind the Beyond, and Other Contributions by Stephen Leacock is available here as the complete text, split into 438 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Behind the Beyond, and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge by Stephen Leacock. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #23449.
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This edition of Behind the Beyond, and Other Contributions by Stephen Leacock carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #23449, divided into 5 chapters and 438 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 #23449, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 182 minutes of reading across 438 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Other
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- Contributions
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- Human
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- Knowledge
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