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Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles

Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles by James Hugh Richardson is available here as the complete text, split into 1117 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles by James Hugh Richardson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #22194.

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Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles

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This edition of Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles by James Hugh Richardson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #22194, divided into 25 chapters and 1117 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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Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles is presented in 25 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1117 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 25 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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Yes. All 5585 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #22194 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #22194, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 465 minutes of reading across 1117 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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