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Catriona

Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1037 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #589.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #589, divided into 31 chapters and 1037 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 Catriona as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1037 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 #589, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 431 minutes of reading across 1037 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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

Charles: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Catriona; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Writer: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Catriona; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Academic course · 31 chapters

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