Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey is available here as the complete text, split into 215 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2040.
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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This edition of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2040, divided into 10 chapters and 215 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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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is presented in 10 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Confessions of an English Opium-Eater as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 215 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 10 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 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater?
Yes. All 1072 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2040 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #2040, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 89 minutes of reading across 215 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Being
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- Extract
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- Scholar
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- London
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