The Sixth Sense: A Novel
The Sixth Sense: A Novel by Stephen McKenna is available here as the complete text, split into 1229 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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The Sixth Sense: A Novel
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This edition of The Sixth Sense: A Novel by Stephen McKenna carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #37164, divided into 17 chapters and 1229 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.
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The Sixth Sense: A Novel is presented in 17 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Sixth Sense: A Novel as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1229 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 sections are gathered into 17 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Sixth Sense: A Novel 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 Sixth Sense: A Novel?
Yes. All 6143 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #37164 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Sixth Sense: A Novel is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #37164, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Sixth Sense: A Novel take to read?
About 511 minutes of reading across 1229 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Sixth Sense: A Novel
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Sixth Sense: A Novel, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Greek
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- Enclosed
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- Signs
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- Obvious
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