What Not: A Prophetic Comedy
What Not: A Prophetic Comedy by Rose Macaulay is available here as the complete text, split into 610 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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This edition of What Not: A Prophetic Comedy by Rose Macaulay carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #35198, divided into 12 chapters and 610 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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Yes. All 3046 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #35198 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #35198, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 253 minutes of reading across 610 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Author
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- Non-combatants
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- Making
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- Bigot
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