Mr. Punch's History of the Great War
Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves is available here as the complete text, split into 489 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #11571.
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Mr. Punch's History of the Great War
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This edition of Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #11571, divided into 6 chapters and 489 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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Mr. Punch's History of the Great War is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Mr. Punch's History of the Great War as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 489 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 6 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 Mr. Punch's History of the Great War?
Yes. All 2444 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #11571 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #11571, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 203 minutes of reading across 489 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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