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The Making of a Soul

The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes is available here as the complete text, split into 1227 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #21674.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle

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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 28 chapters

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The Making of a Soul

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This edition of The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #21674, divided into 28 chapters and 1227 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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This page carries the whole of The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #21674, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 6135 sentences across 28 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

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The Making of a Soul is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Making of a Soul as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1227 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 28 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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Every sentence of The Making of a Soul 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 Making of a Soul?

Yes. All 6135 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #21674 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #21674, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Making of a Soul take to read?

About 511 minutes of reading across 1227 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Making of a Soul

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Moment: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Making of a Soul; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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