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Great Possessions

Great Possessions by Wilfrid, Mrs. Ward is available here as the complete text, split into 1038 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Wilfrid, Mrs. Ward38 chapters

Great Possessions by Wilfrid, Mrs. Ward. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #17952.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 38 chapters

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This edition of Great Possessions by Wilfrid, Mrs. Ward carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #17952, divided into 38 chapters and 1038 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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Rather than presenting Great Possessions as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1038 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 38 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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About 432 minutes of reading across 1038 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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