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Astoria

Astoria by Washington Irving is available here as the complete text, split into 1138 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Astoria by Washington Irving. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1371.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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This edition of Astoria by Washington Irving carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1371, divided into 40 chapters and 1138 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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This page carries the whole of Astoria by Washington Irving, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1371, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5686 sentences across 40 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.

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Astoria is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Astoria as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1138 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 40 chapters.

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Every sentence of Astoria 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.

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Is this the complete text of Astoria?

Yes. All 5686 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1371 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #1371, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Astoria take to read?

About 473 minutes of reading across 1138 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Astoria

Words and structures a reader meets early in Astoria, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Objects: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Astoria; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
American: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Astoria; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Enterprise: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Astoria; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Hunting: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Astoria; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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