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Messenger No. 48

Messenger No. 48 by James Otis is available here as the complete text, split into 631 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Messenger No. 48 by James Otis. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #23627.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 32 chapters

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Messenger No. 48

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This edition of Messenger No. 48 by James Otis carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #23627, divided into 32 chapters and 631 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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Messenger No. 48 is presented in 32 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Messenger No. 48 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 631 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 32 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 #23627, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 262 minutes of reading across 631 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Messenger No. 48

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