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Raw gold

Raw gold by Bertrand W. Sinclair is available here as the complete text, split into 596 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Bertrand W. Sinclair24 chapters

Raw gold by Bertrand W. Sinclair. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #18563.

24 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 24 chapters

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This edition of Raw gold by Bertrand W. Sinclair carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #18563, divided into 24 chapters and 596 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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This page carries the whole of Raw gold by Bertrand W. Sinclair, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #18563, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2979 sentences across 24 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

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Raw gold is presented in 24 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Raw gold as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 596 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 24 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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Is this the complete text of Raw gold?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #18563, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 248 minutes of reading across 596 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Raw gold

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

Wonder: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Raw gold; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Half-forgotten: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Raw gold; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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