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The Isle of Unrest

The Isle of Unrest by Henry Seton Merriman is available here as the complete text, split into 890 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Isle of Unrest by Henry Seton Merriman. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8873.

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This edition of The Isle of Unrest by Henry Seton Merriman carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #8873, divided into 29 chapters and 890 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 Isle of Unrest as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 890 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 29 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 The Isle of Unrest?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #8873, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 370 minutes of reading across 890 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Comme: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Isle of Unrest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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