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Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot is available here as the complete text, split into 2712 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Daniel Deronda by George Eliot. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #7469.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

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This edition of Daniel Deronda by George Eliot carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #7469, divided into 40 chapters and 2712 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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Daniel Deronda is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Daniel Deronda as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2712 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 40 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 #7469, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 2712 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Contrives: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Daniel Deronda; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Secret: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Daniel Deronda; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Daniel Deronda

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