The Ways of Life: Two Stories
The Ways of Life: Two Stories by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant is available here as the complete text, split into 658 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Ways of Life: Two Stories by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55270.
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The Ways of Life: Two Stories
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This edition of The Ways of Life: Two Stories by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #55270, divided into 18 chapters and 658 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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How is The Ways of Life: Two Stories divided for reading?
The Ways of Life: Two Stories is presented in 18 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Ways of Life: Two Stories as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 658 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 18 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of The Ways of Life: Two Stories?
Yes. All 3287 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #55270 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Ways of Life: Two Stories is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #55270, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Ways of Life: Two Stories take to read?
About 273 minutes of reading across 658 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Ways of Life: Two Stories section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Ways of Life: Two Stories
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Ways of Life: Two Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Wrought
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Ways of Life: Two Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Deliverance
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Ways of Life: Two Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Earth
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Ways of Life: Two Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Pretend
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Ways of Life: Two Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.