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Desert Conquest

Desert Conquest by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm is available here as the complete text, split into 1785 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Desert Conquest by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #25728.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 32 chapters

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This edition of Desert Conquest by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #25728, divided into 32 chapters and 1785 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 Desert Conquest as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1785 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 32 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 Desert Conquest?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #25728, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Desert Conquest take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1785 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Desert Conquest

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Flattened: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Desert Conquest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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