Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms
Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms by Gertrude Stein is available here as the complete text, split into 199 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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This edition of Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms by Gertrude Stein carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #15396, divided into 2 chapters and 199 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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Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 199 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 2 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 992 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #15396 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #15396, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 82 minutes of reading across 199 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms
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- Glass
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- Cousin
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- Spectacle
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- Nothing
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