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Riders of the Silences

Riders of the Silences by Max Brand is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 884 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Riders of the Silences by Max Brand. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9867.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 37 chapters

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Riders of the Silences

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This edition of Riders of the Silences by Max Brand carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #9867, divided into 37 chapters and 884 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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The complete text of Riders of the Silences is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #9867 and divided into 884 sections.

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Riders of the Silences is presented in 37 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Riders of the Silences as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 884 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 37 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 Riders of the Silences?

Yes. All 4417 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #9867 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #9867, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Riders of the Silences take to read?

About 368 minutes of reading across 884 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Riders of the Silences

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Murmured: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Riders of the Silences; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Priest: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Riders of the Silences; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Leave: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Riders of the Silences; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Riders of the Silences

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