Sinners and Saints
Sinners and Saints by Phil Robinson is available here as the complete text, split into 859 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Sinners and Saints A Tour Across the States and Round Them, with Three Months Among the Mormons by Phil Robinson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #54079.
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Sinners and Saints
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This edition of Sinners and Saints by Phil Robinson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #54079, divided into 20 chapters and 859 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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The complete text of Sinners and Saints is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #54079 and divided into 859 sections.
This page carries the whole of Sinners and Saints by Phil Robinson, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #54079, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4295 sentences across 20 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.
How is Sinners and Saints divided for reading?
Sinners and Saints is presented in 20 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Sinners and Saints as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 859 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 20 chapters.
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Every sentence of Sinners and Saints can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading Sinners and Saints
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Is this the complete text of Sinners and Saints?
Yes. All 4295 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #54079 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Sinners and Saints is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #54079, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Sinners and Saints take to read?
About 357 minutes of reading across 859 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Sinners and Saints
Words and structures a reader meets early in Sinners and Saints, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Chicago
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- Pennsylvania
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- Limited--her
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- Majesty's
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