Dr. Breen's Practice
Dr. Breen's Practice by William Dean Howells is available here as the complete text, split into 776 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Dr. Breen's Practice by William Dean Howells. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3364.
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Dr. Breen's Practice
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This edition of Dr. Breen's Practice by William Dean Howells carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3364, divided into 19 chapters and 776 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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The complete text of Dr. Breen's Practice is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #3364 and divided into 776 sections.
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Dr. Breen's Practice is presented in 19 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Dr. Breen's Practice as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 776 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 19 chapters.
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Every sentence of Dr. Breen's Practice can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
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Is this the complete text of Dr. Breen's Practice?
Yes. All 3880 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3364 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Dr. Breen's Practice is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #3364, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Dr. Breen's Practice take to read?
About 323 minutes of reading across 776 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Dr. Breen's Practice section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Dr. Breen's Practice
Words and structures a reader meets early in Dr. Breen's Practice, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Verge
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dr. Breen's Practice; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Promontory
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dr. Breen's Practice; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Stands
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- Hotel
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