The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum
The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum by Wallace Irwin is available here as the complete text, split into 34 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum by Wallace Irwin. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4756.
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The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum
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This edition of The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum by Wallace Irwin carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #4756, divided into 1 chapters and 34 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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The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 34 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 1 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 Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum?
Yes. All 168 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #4756 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #4756, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum take to read?
About 14 minutes of reading across 34 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Sonnets
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Hoodlum
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Introduction
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- Gelett
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