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Say and Seal, Volume I

Say and Seal, Volume I by Susan Warner is available here as the complete text, split into 1867 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Say and Seal, Volume I by Susan Warner. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #28544.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle

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Academic course · 37 chapters

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This edition of Say and Seal, Volume I by Susan Warner carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #28544, divided into 37 chapters and 1867 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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Say and Seal, Volume I is presented in 37 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Say and Seal, Volume I as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1867 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #28544, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 1867 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Cccxcviii: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Say and Seal, Volume I; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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