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Through Russia

Through Russia by Maksim Gorky is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1075 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Through Russia by Maksim Gorky. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2288.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 30 chapters

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This edition of Through Russia by Maksim Gorky carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2288, divided into 30 chapters and 1075 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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Through Russia is presented in 30 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Through Russia as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1075 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 30 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 Through Russia?

Yes. All 5371 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2288 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #2288, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Through Russia take to read?

About 447 minutes of reading across 1075 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Leanness--the: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Through Russia; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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