Men's Wives
Men's Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray is available here as the complete text, split into 492 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Men's Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1985.
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Men's Wives
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- Chapter I Which Is Entirely Introductory--Contains an Account of Miss
- Chapter II
- Chapter III What Came of Mr Walker's Discovery of the “Bootjack.”
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V In Which Mr. Walker Falls into Difficulties, and Mrs. Walker
- Chapter VI In Which Mr. Walker Still Remains in Difficulties, but Shows
- Chapter VII In Which Morgiana Advances Towards Fame and Honour, and In
- Chapter VIII In Which Mr. Walker Shows Great Prudence and Forbearance
- Chapter IX The Fight at Slaughter House
- Chapter X The Combat at Versailles
This edition of Men's Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1985, divided into 10 chapters and 492 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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Is this the complete text of Men's Wives?
Yes. All 2457 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1985 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #1985, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Men's Wives take to read?
About 204 minutes of reading across 492 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Crump
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- Suitors
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- Family
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- Circle
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