The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life
The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life by Bliss [Editor] Carman is available here as the complete text, split into 323 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 04: The Higher Life by Bliss [Editor] Carman. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #12759.
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The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life
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This edition of The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life by Bliss [Editor] Carman carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #12759, divided into 4 chapters and 323 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 World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 323 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 4 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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Is this the complete text of The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life?
Yes. All 1614 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #12759 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #12759, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life take to read?
About 134 minutes of reading across 323 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life
Words and structures a reader meets early in The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Poet's
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Theme
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Man's
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The World's Best Poetry — Volume 04, The Higher Life; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- First
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