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People of Position

People of Position by Stanley Portal Hyatt is available here as the complete text, split into 681 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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People of Position by Stanley Portal Hyatt. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #29274.

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This edition of People of Position by Stanley Portal Hyatt carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #29274, divided into 32 chapters and 681 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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Rather than presenting People of Position as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 681 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 32 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 #29274, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 283 minutes of reading across 681 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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