Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 by Frank Harris is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 775 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 by Frank Harris. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3662.
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Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
- Chapter XVI Chapter 16
This edition of Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 by Frank Harris carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3662, divided into 16 chapters and 775 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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Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 is presented in 16 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #3662, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 322 minutes of reading across 775 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
Words and structures a reader meets early in Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- December
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- Dublin
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- Society
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- Abuzz
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