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The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1

The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1327 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2833.

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This edition of The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2833, divided into 27 chapters and 1327 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 Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #2833 and divided into 1327 sections.

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The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 is presented in 27 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1327 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 27 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #2833, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 552 minutes of reading across 1327 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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