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A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes

A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes by Edgar Saltus is available here as the complete text, split into 353 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes by Edgar Saltus. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #33123.

4 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes by Edgar Saltus carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #33123, divided into 4 chapters and 353 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.

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The complete text of A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #33123 and divided into 353 sections.

This page carries the whole of A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes by Edgar Saltus, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #33123, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1762 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 Transient Guest, and Other Episodes divided for reading?

A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 353 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 sections are gathered into 4 chapters.

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Every sentence of A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes 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 Transient Guest, and Other Episodes

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Is this the complete text of A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes?

Yes. All 1762 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #33123 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #33123, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes take to read?

About 146 minutes of reading across 353 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes section by section

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Vocabulary met early in A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes

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Other
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Episodes
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Sheldon
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