Creatures That Once Were Men
Creatures That Once Were Men by Maksim Gorky is available here as the complete text, split into 364 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Creatures That Once Were Men by Maksim Gorky. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #681.
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Creatures That Once Were Men
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This edition of Creatures That Once Were Men by Maksim Gorky carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #681, divided into 2 chapters and 364 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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The complete text of Creatures That Once Were Men is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #681 and divided into 364 sections.
This page carries the whole of Creatures That Once Were Men by Maksim Gorky, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #681, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1816 sentences across 2 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is Creatures That Once Were Men divided for reading?
Creatures That Once Were Men is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Creatures That Once Were Men as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 364 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 2 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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Every sentence of Creatures That Once Were Men can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
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Is this the complete text of Creatures That Once Were Men?
Yes. All 1816 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #681 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Creatures That Once Were Men is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #681, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Creatures That Once Were Men take to read?
About 151 minutes of reading across 364 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Creatures That Once Were Men
Words and structures a reader meets early in Creatures That Once Were Men, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Front
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- Street
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- Miserable
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- Looking
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