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The vow

The vow by Paul Trent is available here as the complete text, split into 1144 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The vow by Paul Trent. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #72697.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 39 chapters

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This edition of The vow by Paul Trent carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #72697, divided into 39 chapters and 1144 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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Rather than presenting The vow as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1144 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 39 chapters.

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About 476 minutes of reading across 1144 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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