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Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel

Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel by Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers is available here as the complete text, split into 831 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel by Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #58820.

13 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 13 chapters

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Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel

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This edition of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel by Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #58820, divided into 13 chapters and 831 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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The complete text of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #58820 and divided into 831 sections.

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How is Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel divided for reading?

Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 831 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 13 chapters.

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Every sentence of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel 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 Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel?

Yes. All 4154 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #58820 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #58820, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel take to read?

About 346 minutes of reading across 831 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel

Words and structures a reader meets early in Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Peter
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Wimsey
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Piccadilly
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Circus
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.