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Some Reflections Upon Marriage.

Some Reflections Upon Marriage. by Mary Astell is available here as the complete text, split into 173 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Some Reflections Upon Marriage. With additions. by Mary Astell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #61143.

2 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Some Reflections Upon Marriage.

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This edition of Some Reflections Upon Marriage. by Mary Astell carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #61143, divided into 2 chapters and 173 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 Some Reflections Upon Marriage. is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #61143 and divided into 173 sections.

This page carries the whole of Some Reflections Upon Marriage. by Mary Astell, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #61143, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 861 sentences across 2 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 Some Reflections Upon Marriage. divided for reading?

Some Reflections Upon Marriage. is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Some Reflections Upon Marriage. as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 173 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 2 chapters.

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Every sentence of Some Reflections Upon Marriage. 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.

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Is this the complete text of Some Reflections Upon Marriage.?

Yes. All 861 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #61143 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Some Reflections Upon Marriage. is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #61143, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Some Reflections Upon Marriage. take to read?

About 71 minutes of reading across 173 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Some Reflections Upon Marriage.

Words and structures a reader meets early in Some Reflections Upon Marriage., each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Books
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