Skinner's Dress Suit
Skinner's Dress Suit by Henry Irving Dodge is available here as the complete text, split into 453 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Skinner's Dress Suit by Henry Irving Dodge. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #26080.
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Skinner's Dress Suit
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This edition of Skinner's Dress Suit by Henry Irving Dodge carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #26080, divided into 11 chapters and 453 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 Skinner's Dress Suit is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #26080 and divided into 453 sections.
This page carries the whole of Skinner's Dress Suit by Henry Irving Dodge, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #26080, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2262 sentences across 11 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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Skinner's Dress Suit is presented in 11 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Skinner's Dress Suit as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 453 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 11 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 Skinner's Dress Suit?
Yes. All 2262 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #26080 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Skinner's Dress Suit is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #26080, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Skinner's Dress Suit take to read?
About 188 minutes of reading across 453 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Skinner's Dress Suit
Words and structures a reader meets early in Skinner's Dress Suit, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Skinner
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Skinner's Dress Suit; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Inhabited
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Skinner's Dress Suit; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Ironbound
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Skinner's Dress Suit; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Enclosure
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