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There & Back

There & Back by George MacDonald is available here as the complete text, split into 1919 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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There & Back by George MacDonald. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8879.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

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This edition of There & Back by George MacDonald carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #8879, divided into 40 chapters and 1919 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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Rather than presenting There & Back as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1919 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 40 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 #8879, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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