Letters from a Landscape Painter
Letters from a Landscape Painter by Charles Lanman is available here as the complete text, split into 402 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Letters from a Landscape Painter by Charles Lanman. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53942.
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Letters from a Landscape Painter
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This edition of Letters from a Landscape Painter by Charles Lanman carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #53942, divided into 5 chapters and 402 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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Letters from a Landscape Painter is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Letters from a Landscape Painter as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 402 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 5 chapters.
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Yes. All 2006 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #53942 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #53942, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Letters from a Landscape Painter take to read?
About 167 minutes of reading across 402 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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