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Varney the vampyre

Varney the vampyre by Thomas Peckett Prest is available here as the complete text, split into 6100 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Thomas Peckett Prest40 chapters

Varney the vampyre by Thomas Peckett Prest. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #14833.

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This edition of Varney the vampyre by Thomas Peckett Prest carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #14833, divided into 40 chapters and 6100 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #14833, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 6100 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Graves: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Varney the vampyre; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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