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Tarr

Tarr by Wyndham Lewis is available here as the complete text, split into 1615 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Wyndham Lewis38 chapters

Tarr by Wyndham Lewis. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #58340.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 38 chapters

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This edition of Tarr by Wyndham Lewis carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #58340, divided into 38 chapters and 1615 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 Tarr is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #58340 and divided into 1615 sections.

This page carries the whole of Tarr by Wyndham Lewis, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #58340, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 8072 sentences across 38 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 Tarr divided for reading?

Tarr is presented in 38 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Tarr as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1615 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 38 chapters.

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Every sentence of Tarr 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 Tarr?

Yes. All 8072 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #58340 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #58340, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Tarr take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1615 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Tarr

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