Murder in Any Degree
Murder in Any Degree by Owen Johnson is available here as the complete text, split into 861 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Murder in Any Degree by Owen Johnson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #12686.
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Murder in Any Degree
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This edition of Murder in Any Degree by Owen Johnson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #12686, divided into 10 chapters and 861 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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Murder in Any Degree is presented in 10 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Murder in Any Degree as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 861 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 10 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 Murder in Any Degree?
Yes. All 4303 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #12686 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Murder in Any Degree is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #12686, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Murder in Any Degree take to read?
About 358 minutes of reading across 861 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Johnson
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