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Red Pottage

Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley is available here as the complete text, split into 1605 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #14885.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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This edition of Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #14885, divided into 40 chapters and 1605 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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Red Pottage is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Red Pottage as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1605 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 40 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of Red Pottage?

Yes. All 8024 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #14885 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #14885, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Red Pottage take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1605 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Red Pottage

Words and structures a reader meets early in Red Pottage, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Tragic: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Red Pottage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Villain: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Red Pottage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Passions: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Red Pottage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Betray'd: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Red Pottage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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