Don Quixote
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is available here as the complete text, split into 1763 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #996.
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Don Quixote
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- Chapter I Of How Don Quixote Fell Sick,
- Chapter II Of the Diverting and Important Scrutiny Which
- Chapter III Of What A
- Chapter IV In Which
- Chapter V Of What Befell Don Quixote in the Sierra
- Chapter VI Which Treats of the Droll Device and Method
- Chapter VII Which Treats of the Heroic and Prodigious
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII Of the Strange
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV Of the Wonderful Things the Incomparable
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI Wherein Is Continued the Instruction Given
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII Of the Terrible Bell
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX Which Tells How Adventures Came Crowding
- Chapter XXI Of the Mishap That
- Chapter XXII Of the Strangest And
This edition of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #996, divided into 22 chapters and 1763 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.
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Don Quixote is presented in 22 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Don Quixote as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1763 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 sections are gathered into 22 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Don Quixote?
Yes. All 8811 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #996 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Don Quixote is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #996, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Don Quixote take to read?
About 600 minutes of reading across 1763 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Don Quixote
Words and structures a reader meets early in Don Quixote, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Introduction
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- Prefaratory
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- Considerable
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- Reluctance
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