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Strictly Business

Strictly Business by O. Henry is available here as the complete text, split into 969 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2141.

24 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 24 chapters

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This edition of Strictly Business by O. Henry carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2141, divided into 24 chapters and 969 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 Strictly Business is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #2141 and divided into 969 sections.

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Strictly Business is presented in 24 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Strictly Business as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 969 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 24 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 Strictly Business?

Yes. All 4844 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2141 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #2141, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Strictly Business take to read?

About 403 minutes of reading across 969 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Questions about reading Strictly Business

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Vocabulary met early in Strictly Business