It Could Be Anything
It Could Be Anything by Keith Laumer is available here as the complete text, split into 330 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
It Could Be Anything by Keith Laumer. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #26782.
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It Could Be Anything
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This edition of It Could Be Anything by Keith Laumer carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #26782, divided into 4 chapters and 330 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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This page carries the whole of It Could Be Anything by Keith Laumer, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #26782, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1648 sentences across 4 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.
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It Could Be Anything is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting It Could Be Anything as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 330 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 4 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of It Could Be Anything?
Yes. All 1648 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #26782 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of It Could Be Anything is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #26782, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does It Could Be Anything take to read?
About 137 minutes of reading across 330 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in It Could Be Anything
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- Keith
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- Laumer
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- Well-known
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- Tales
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