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Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon is available here as the complete text, split into 1388 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Birds of Prey by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9362.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 38 chapters

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0 of 1374 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of Birds of Prey by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #9362, divided into 38 chapters and 1388 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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Birds of Prey is presented in 38 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Birds of Prey as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1388 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 38 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 Birds of Prey?

Yes. All 6938 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #9362 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #9362, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Birds of Prey take to read?

About 578 minutes of reading across 1388 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Birds of Prey

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Philip: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Birds of Prey; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sheldon: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Birds of Prey; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Reads: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Birds of Prey; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lancet: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Birds of Prey; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

Birds of Prey

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