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The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo is available here as the complete text, split into 3002 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #12587.

102 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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The Man Who Laughs

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This edition of The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #12587, divided into 102 chapters and 3002 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 The Man Who Laughs is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #12587 and divided into 3002 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #12587, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 15009 sentences across 102 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

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The Man Who Laughs is presented in 102 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Man Who Laughs as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 3002 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 102 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of The Man Who Laughs?

Yes. All 15009 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #12587 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Man Who Laughs is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #12587, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Man Who Laughs take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 3002 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Man Who Laughs

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Man Who Laughs, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Ursus: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Man Who Laughs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Friends: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Man Who Laughs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Dispositions: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Man Who Laughs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Tallied: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Man Who Laughs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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Vocabulary met early in The Man Who Laughs