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Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts

Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence is available here as the complete text, split into 532 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4216.

6 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 6 chapters

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Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts

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This edition of Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #4216, divided into 6 chapters and 532 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 Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #4216 and divided into 532 sections.

This page carries the whole of Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #4216, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2660 sentences across 6 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 Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts divided for reading?

Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 532 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 6 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 Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts 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.

Questions about reading Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts

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Is this the complete text of Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts?

Yes. All 2660 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #4216 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #4216, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts take to read?

About 221 minutes of reading across 532 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts

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Theatre
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