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A Dash from Diamond City

A Dash from Diamond City by George Manville Fenn is available here as the complete text, split into 1091 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

A Dash from Diamond City by George Manville Fenn. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #21305.

13 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 13 chapters

Course Syllabus

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A Dash from Diamond City

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This edition of A Dash from Diamond City by George Manville Fenn carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #21305, divided into 13 chapters and 1091 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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The complete text of A Dash from Diamond City is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #21305 and divided into 1091 sections.

This page carries the whole of A Dash from Diamond City by George Manville Fenn, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #21305, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5453 sentences across 13 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.

How is A Dash from Diamond City divided for reading?

A Dash from Diamond City is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting A Dash from Diamond City as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1091 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 13 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

Can I hear A Dash from Diamond City read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of A Dash from Diamond City can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of A Dash from Diamond City can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

Questions about reading A Dash from Diamond City

Common questions about reading A Dash from Diamond City by George Manville Fenn on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of A Dash from Diamond City?

Yes. All 5453 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #21305 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Dash from Diamond City is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #21305, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Dash from Diamond City take to read?

About 454 minutes of reading across 1091 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read A Dash from Diamond City section by section

How to work through A Dash from Diamond City section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

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  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in A Dash from Diamond City

Words and structures a reader meets early in A Dash from Diamond City, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Diamond
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Dash from Diamond City; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
George
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Dash from Diamond City; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Manville
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Dash from Diamond City; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Setting
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Dash from Diamond City; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.