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The Return of Blue Pete

The Return of Blue Pete by Luke Allan is available here as the complete text, split into 997 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Return of Blue Pete by Luke Allan. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #25230.

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This edition of The Return of Blue Pete by Luke Allan carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #25230, divided into 31 chapters and 997 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 Return of Blue Pete is presented in 31 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Return of Blue Pete as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 997 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 31 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 #25230, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 415 minutes of reading across 997 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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