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Out of the Primitive

Out of the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennet is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1615 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Out of the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennet. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6116.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of Out of the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennet carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #6116, divided into 35 chapters and 1615 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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