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The Contents Page

How far have you read?

Choose chapter

You are following the Slow Read, which begins with the Prologue on Saturday 10 October and reads a chapter a week. Read ahead? Choose the last chapter you have finished. The site hides anything from a chapter you have not reached; this is proof of reading, never of buying, and a library copy counts.

Every chapter of the book carries a sign, and every chapter sign is a word. The chapter titles are their glosses: the Contents page is a glossary you already own.

By the end
Sixty words, the sound system, and the creed said aloud.
Time
About five hours.

Lessons

  1. 1.The Rosetta: the Prologue to Chapter 12
  2. 2.The Rosetta: Chapter 13 to the last page
  3. 3.Speaking the Code