Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 263 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 263 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 2 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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Yes. All 1311 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #97 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #97, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 109 minutes of reading across 263 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
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- World
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- Patient
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- Broad
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- Nature
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