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Doña Perfecta

Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 859 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2462.

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 Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2462, divided into 32 chapters and 859 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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Doña Perfecta is presented in 32 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Doña Perfecta as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 859 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #2462, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Doña Perfecta take to read?

About 357 minutes of reading across 859 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Doña Perfecta

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Villahorrenda: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Doña Perfecta; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Minutes: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Doña Perfecta; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Train: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Doña Perfecta; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Unnecessary: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Doña Perfecta; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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