The Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery
The Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery by Marjorie Douie is available here as the complete text, split into 630 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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The Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery
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This edition of The Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery by Marjorie Douie carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #14049, divided into 7 chapters and 630 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 Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #14049 and divided into 630 sections.
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How is The Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery divided for reading?
The Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery is presented in 7 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 630 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 7 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 Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery 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 Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery?
Yes. All 3148 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #14049 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #14049, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery take to read?
About 262 minutes of reading across 630 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery
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- Thick
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- Along
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- Through
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- Heart
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