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The brother clerks

The brother clerks by Mary Ashley Townsend is available here as the complete text, split into 888 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The brother clerks by Mary Ashley Townsend. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #18958.

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This edition of The brother clerks by Mary Ashley Townsend carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #18958, divided into 40 chapters and 888 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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Rather than presenting The brother clerks as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 888 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 40 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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About 369 minutes of reading across 888 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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