Vanitas: Polite Stories
Vanitas: Polite Stories by Vernon Lee is available here as the complete text, split into 419 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Vanitas: Polite Stories by Vernon Lee. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34252.
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Vanitas: Polite Stories
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This edition of Vanitas: Polite Stories by Vernon Lee carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #34252, divided into 5 chapters and 419 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.
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Vanitas: Polite Stories is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Vanitas: Polite Stories as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 419 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 sections are gathered into 5 chapters.
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Every sentence of Vanitas: Polite Stories 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 Vanitas: Polite Stories?
Yes. All 2095 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #34252 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Vanitas: Polite Stories is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #34252, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Vanitas: Polite Stories take to read?
About 174 minutes of reading across 419 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Vanitas: Polite Stories
Words and structures a reader meets early in Vanitas: Polite Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Vanitas: Polite Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Hauntings
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Vanitas: Polite Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Baronessa
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- French-cini
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