Fifteen Days
Fifteen Days by Mary Lowell Putnam is available here as the complete text, split into 776 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Fifteen Days: An Extract from Edward Colvil's Journal by Mary Lowell Putnam. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #52113.
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Fifteen Days
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This edition of Fifteen Days by Mary Lowell Putnam carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #52113, divided into 9 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 Fifteen Days is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #52113 and divided into 776 sections.
This page carries the whole of Fifteen Days by Mary Lowell Putnam, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #52113, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3879 sentences across 9 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is Fifteen Days divided for reading?
Fifteen Days is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Fifteen Days 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 9 chapters.
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Every sentence of Fifteen Days 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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Common questions about reading Fifteen Days by Mary Lowell Putnam on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Fifteen Days?
Yes. All 3879 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #52113 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Fifteen Days is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #52113, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Fifteen Days take to read?
About 323 minutes of reading across 776 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Fifteen Days
Words and structures a reader meets early in Fifteen Days, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Https
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- Fifteen
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- Extract
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- Edward
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