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Old Mortality, Complete

Old Mortality, Complete by Walter Scott is available here as the complete text, split into 1133 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Old Mortality, Complete by Walter Scott. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6941.

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This edition of Old Mortality, Complete by Walter Scott carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #6941, divided into 40 chapters and 1133 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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This page carries the whole of Old Mortality, Complete by Walter Scott, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #6941, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5662 sentences across 40 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

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Old Mortality, Complete is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Old Mortality, Complete as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1133 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 40 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 #6941, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 471 minutes of reading across 1133 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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