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Maurice Guest

Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 2646 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3727.

33 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 33 chapters

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This edition of Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3727, divided into 33 chapters and 2646 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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How is Maurice Guest divided for reading?

Maurice Guest is presented in 33 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Maurice Guest as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2646 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 33 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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Is this the complete text of Maurice Guest?

Yes. All 13227 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3727 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #3727, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Maurice Guest take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2646 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Maurice Guest

Words and structures a reader meets early in Maurice Guest, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

S'amor: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Maurice Guest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Dunque: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Maurice Guest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ch'io: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Maurice Guest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sento: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Maurice Guest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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