The Following of Christ, in Four Books Translated from the Original Latin of Thomas a Kempis is part of the Ethics catalogue. The record identifies Challoner, Richard, 1691-1781 [Translator], Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471 as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.

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The extracted text contains approximately 66,362 words, corresponding to an estimated 289 minutes of reading, and is divided into 11 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 23.4 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.071. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

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The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800, Spiritual life -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800, Meditations -- Early works to 1800. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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