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Ombra

Ombra by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant is available here as the complete text, split into 1799 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Ombra by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53583.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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

Rather than presenting Ombra as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1799 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 sections are gathered into 40 chapters.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #53583, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 1799 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Ombra

Words and structures a reader meets early in Ombra, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Author: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ombra; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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