'Murphy': A Message to Dog Lovers
'Murphy': A Message to Dog Lovers by Ernest Gambier-Parry is available here as the complete text, split into 296 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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'Murphy': A Message to Dog Lovers
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'Murphy': A Message to Dog Lovers is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting 'Murphy': A Message to Dog Lovers as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 296 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 3 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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Yes. All 1478 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #25763 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #25763, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 123 minutes of reading across 296 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in 'Murphy': A Message to Dog Lovers
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- Prepared
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- Things
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- Journey
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- Tobit
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