The Creatures That Time Forgot
The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury is available here as the complete text, split into 255 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63874.
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The Creatures That Time Forgot
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This edition of The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #63874, divided into 3 chapters and 255 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 The Creatures That Time Forgot is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #63874 and divided into 255 sections.
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The Creatures That Time Forgot is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Creatures That Time Forgot as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 255 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 3 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Creatures That Time Forgot 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 The Creatures That Time Forgot?
Yes. All 1274 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #63874 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Creatures That Time Forgot is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #63874, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Creatures That Time Forgot take to read?
About 106 minutes of reading across 255 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Creatures That Time Forgot section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Creatures That Time Forgot
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Creatures That Time Forgot, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Impossible
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Creatures That Time Forgot; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- World
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Creatures That Time Forgot; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sun-blasted
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Creatures That Time Forgot; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Cold-wracked
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Creatures That Time Forgot; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.