London River
London River by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson is available here as the complete text, split into 575 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
London River by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #15167.
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London River
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This edition of London River by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #15167, divided into 7 chapters and 575 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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The complete text of London River is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #15167 and divided into 575 sections.
This page carries the whole of London River by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #15167, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2875 sentences across 7 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 London River divided for reading?
London River is presented in 7 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting London River as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 575 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 7 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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Every sentence of London River 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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Is this the complete text of London River?
Yes. All 2875 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #15167 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of London River is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #15167, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does London River take to read?
About 239 minutes of reading across 575 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read London River section by section
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Vocabulary met early in London River
Words and structures a reader meets early in London River, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Garden
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of London River; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Publishing
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- Alfred
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- Knopf
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