Choice Specimens of American Literature
Choice Specimens of American Literature by Benj. N. (Benjamin Nicholas) Martin is available here as the complete text, split into 1262 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. (Benjamin Nicholas) Martin. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #11122.
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Choice Specimens of American Literature
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This edition of Choice Specimens of American Literature by Benj. N. (Benjamin Nicholas) Martin carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #11122, divided into 4 chapters and 1262 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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Choice Specimens of American Literature is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Choice Specimens of American Literature as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1262 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 4 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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Yes. All 6307 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #11122 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #11122, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Choice Specimens of American Literature take to read?
About 525 minutes of reading across 1262 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Choice Specimens of American Literature
Words and structures a reader meets early in Choice Specimens of American Literature, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Religious
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- Writers
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- Seventeenth
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- Eighteenth
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