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Calavar

Calavar by Robert Montgomery Bird is available here as the complete text, split into 1158 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Calavar by Robert Montgomery Bird. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34121.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Calavar

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This edition of Calavar by Robert Montgomery Bird carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #34121, divided into 40 chapters and 1158 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.

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The complete text of Calavar is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #34121 and divided into 1158 sections.

This page carries the whole of Calavar by Robert Montgomery Bird, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #34121, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5789 sentences across 40 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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Calavar is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Calavar as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1158 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 sections are gathered into 40 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of Calavar?

Yes. All 5789 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #34121 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #34121, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Calavar take to read?

About 482 minutes of reading across 1158 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Calavar

Words and structures a reader meets early in Calavar, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Escucha: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Calavar; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Cosas: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Calavar; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Estranas: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Calavar; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Espantosas: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Calavar; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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