Certain Personal Matters
Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells is available here as the complete text, split into 557 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #17508.
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Certain Personal Matters
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This edition of Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #17508, divided into 6 chapters and 557 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 Certain Personal Matters is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #17508 and divided into 557 sections.
This page carries the whole of Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #17508, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2783 sentences across 6 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 Certain Personal Matters divided for reading?
Certain Personal Matters is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Certain Personal Matters as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 557 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 6 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 Certain Personal Matters 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 Certain Personal Matters
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Is this the complete text of Certain Personal Matters?
Yes. All 2783 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #17508 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Certain Personal Matters is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #17508, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Certain Personal Matters take to read?
About 231 minutes of reading across 557 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Certain Personal Matters section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Certain Personal Matters
Words and structures a reader meets early in Certain Personal Matters, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- World
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Certain Personal Matters; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Mends
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Certain Personal Matters; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Younger
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- People
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Certain Personal Matters; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.