A Romance of Youth — Volume 1
A Romance of Youth — Volume 1 by François Coppée is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 123 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Romance of Youth — Volume 1 by François Coppée. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3958.
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A Romance of Youth — Volume 1
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This edition of A Romance of Youth — Volume 1 by François Coppée carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3958, divided into 4 chapters and 123 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 Romance of Youth — Volume 1 is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #3958 and divided into 123 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Romance of Youth — Volume 1 by François Coppée, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #3958, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 612 sentences across 4 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 Romance of Youth — Volume 1 divided for reading?
A Romance of Youth — Volume 1 is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Romance of Youth — Volume 1 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 123 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 4 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 Romance of Youth — Volume 1 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 Romance of Youth — Volume 1
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Is this the complete text of A Romance of Youth — Volume 1?
Yes. All 612 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3958 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Romance of Youth — Volume 1 is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #3958, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Romance of Youth — Volume 1 take to read?
About 51 minutes of reading across 123 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Romance of Youth — Volume 1 section by section
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Vocabulary met early in A Romance of Youth — Volume 1
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Romance of Youth — Volume 1, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Amedee
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Romance of Youth — Volume 1; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Violette
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Romance of Youth — Volume 1; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Remember
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Romance of Youth — Volume 1; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Himself
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Romance of Youth — Volume 1; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.