Love Among the Ruins
Love Among the Ruins by Warwick Deeping is available here as the complete text, split into 1195 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Love Among the Ruins by Warwick Deeping. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #42284.
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Love Among the Ruins
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This edition of Love Among the Ruins by Warwick Deeping carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #42284, divided into 4 chapters and 1195 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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Love Among the Ruins is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Love Among the Ruins as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1195 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 Love Among the Ruins?
Yes. All 5972 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #42284 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Love Among the Ruins is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #42284, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Love Among the Ruins take to read?
About 497 minutes of reading across 1195 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Love Among the Ruins
Words and structures a reader meets early in Love Among the Ruins, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Branches
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- Forest
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- Invoked
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- Supplications
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