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Count Hannibal

Count Hannibal by Stanley John Weyman is available here as the complete text, split into 1507 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Count Hannibal: A Romance of the Court of France by Stanley John Weyman. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #15763.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

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This edition of Count Hannibal by Stanley John Weyman carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #15763, divided into 35 chapters and 1507 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 Count Hannibal as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1507 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 35 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 #15763, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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