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Stepping Heavenward

Stepping Heavenward by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1141 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss27 chapters

Stepping Heavenward by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2515.

27 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 27 chapters

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This edition of Stepping Heavenward by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2515, divided into 27 chapters and 1141 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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Stepping Heavenward is presented in 27 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Stepping Heavenward as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1141 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 27 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 #2515, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 475 minutes of reading across 1141 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Stepping Heavenward

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January: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Stepping Heavenward; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Dreadfully: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Stepping Heavenward; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Stepping Heavenward

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