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Twelve Stories and a Dream

Twelve Stories and a Dream by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 916 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Twelve Stories and a Dream by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1743.

24 chaptersComplete chronicle

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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Twelve Stories and a Dream

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This edition of Twelve Stories and a Dream by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1743, divided into 24 chapters and 916 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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Twelve Stories and a Dream is presented in 24 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Twelve Stories and a Dream as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 916 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 24 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 Twelve Stories and a Dream?

Yes. All 4576 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1743 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #1743, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Twelve Stories and a Dream take to read?

About 381 minutes of reading across 916 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Skelmersdale: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Twelve Stories and a Dream; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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