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The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington is available here as the complete text, split into 1202 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8867.

34 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 34 chapters

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This edition of The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #8867, divided into 34 chapters and 1202 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 complete text of The Magnificent Ambersons is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #8867 and divided into 1202 sections.

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The Magnificent Ambersons is presented in 34 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Magnificent Ambersons as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1202 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 34 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 Magnificent Ambersons?

Yes. All 6009 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #8867 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #8867, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Magnificent Ambersons take to read?

About 500 minutes of reading across 1202 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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The Magnificent Ambersons

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