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The Late Mrs. Null

The Late Mrs. Null by Frank R. Stockton is available here as the complete text, split into 991 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Late Mrs. Null by Frank R. Stockton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #10973.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of The Late Mrs. Null by Frank R. Stockton carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #10973, divided into 32 chapters and 991 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 Late Mrs. Null as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 991 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 32 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 412 minutes of reading across 991 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Entrance: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Late Mrs. Null; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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