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Born in Exile

Born in Exile by George Gissing is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 2015 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Born in Exile by George Gissing. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4526.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle

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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of Born in Exile by George Gissing carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #4526, divided into 29 chapters and 2015 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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Born in Exile is presented in 29 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Born in Exile as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2015 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 29 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 Born in Exile?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #4526, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 2015 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Prosperous: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Born in Exile; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Incomes: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Born in Exile; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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