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Dead Men's Money

Dead Men's Money by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher is available here as the complete text, split into 764 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher36 chapters

Dead Men's Money by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #12239.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 36 chapters

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This edition of Dead Men's Money by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #12239, divided into 36 chapters and 764 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 Dead Men's Money as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 764 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 36 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 Dead Men's Money?

Yes. All 3818 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #12239 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #12239, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 318 minutes of reading across 764 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Dead Men's Money

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Gilverthwaite: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dead Men's Money; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ill--much: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dead Men's Money; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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