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Quicksands

Quicksands by Adolf Streckfuss is available here as the complete text, split into 1003 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Quicksands by Adolf Streckfuss. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34953.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 29 chapters

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Quicksands

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This edition of Quicksands by Adolf Streckfuss carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #34953, divided into 29 chapters and 1003 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.

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Quicksands is presented in 29 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Quicksands as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1003 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 29 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of Quicksands?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #34953, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Quicksands take to read?

About 417 minutes of reading across 1003 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Quicksands

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Popular: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Quicksands; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Works: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Quicksands; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
German: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Quicksands; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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