Maw's Vacation
Maw's Vacation by Emerson Hough is available here as the complete text, split into 106 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Maw's Vacation: The Story of a Human Being in the Yellowstone by Emerson Hough. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #24126.
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Maw's Vacation
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This edition of Maw's Vacation by Emerson Hough carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #24126, divided into 1 chapters and 106 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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Maw's Vacation is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Maw's Vacation as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 106 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 1 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 Maw's Vacation?
Yes. All 528 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #24126 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Maw's Vacation is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #24126, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Maw's Vacation take to read?
About 44 minutes of reading across 106 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Maw's Vacation
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- Errors
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