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Through Space to Mars

Through Space to Mars by Roy Rockwood is available here as the complete text, split into 671 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Through Space to Mars by Roy Rockwood. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6717.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 29 chapters

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This edition of Through Space to Mars by Roy Rockwood carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #6717, divided into 29 chapters and 671 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 complete text of Through Space to Mars is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #6717 and divided into 671 sections.

This page carries the whole of Through Space to Mars by Roy Rockwood, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #6717, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3355 sentences across 29 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

How is Through Space to Mars divided for reading?

Through Space to Mars is presented in 29 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Through Space to Mars as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 671 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 29 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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Every sentence of Through Space to Mars can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

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Is this the complete text of Through Space to Mars?

Yes. All 3355 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #6717 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Through Space to Mars is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #6717, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Through Space to Mars take to read?

About 279 minutes of reading across 671 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Through Space to Mars

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Cried: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Through Space to Mars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Making: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Through Space to Mars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Laboratory: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Through Space to Mars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Slipping: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Through Space to Mars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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