A Night Out
A Night Out by Edward Peple is available here as the complete text, split into 52 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Night Out by Edward Peple. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9295.
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A Night Out
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This edition of A Night Out by Edward Peple carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #9295, divided into 1 chapters and 52 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 Night Out is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #9295 and divided into 52 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Night Out by Edward Peple, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #9295, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 256 sentences across 1 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 Night Out divided for reading?
A Night Out is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Night Out as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 52 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 1 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.
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Every sentence of A Night Out 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 Night Out
Common questions about reading A Night Out by Edward Peple on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of A Night Out?
Yes. All 256 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #9295 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Night Out is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #9295, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Night Out take to read?
About 21 minutes of reading across 52 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Night Out section by section
How to work through A Night Out section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in A Night Out
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Night Out, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Unadorned
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Night Out; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Statement
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Night Out; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Wounded
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Night Out; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Marrow
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Night Out; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.