500 of the Best Cockney War Stories
500 of the Best Cockney War Stories by Various is available here as the complete text, split into 707 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
500 of the Best Cockney War Stories by Various. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44263.
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500 of the Best Cockney War Stories
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This edition of 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories by Various carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #44263, divided into 9 chapters and 707 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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500 of the Best Cockney War Stories is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 707 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 9 chapters.
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Yes. All 3534 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44263 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #44263, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories take to read?
About 294 minutes of reading across 707 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Opening
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