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Henry Esmond

Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray is available here as the complete text, split into 2292 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #29363.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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This edition of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #29363, divided into 40 chapters and 2292 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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Rather than presenting Henry Esmond as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2292 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 40 chapters.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #29363, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 2292 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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