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Major Vigoureux

Major Vigoureux by Arthur Quiller-Couch is available here as the complete text, split into 984 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Major Vigoureux by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #20863.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle

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This edition of Major Vigoureux by Arthur Quiller-Couch carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #20863, divided into 28 chapters and 984 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 Major Vigoureux as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 984 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 28 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #20863, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 409 minutes of reading across 984 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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