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Clara Hopgood

Clara Hopgood by William Hale White is available here as the complete text, split into 496 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Clara Hopgood by William Hale White. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5986.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

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Academic course · 28 chapters

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This edition of Clara Hopgood by William Hale White carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #5986, divided into 28 chapters and 496 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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Clara Hopgood is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Clara Hopgood as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 496 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 28 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 #5986, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 206 minutes of reading across 496 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Miles: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Clara Hopgood; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
North-east: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Clara Hopgood; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Eastthorpe: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Clara Hopgood; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Fenmarket: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Clara Hopgood; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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