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Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life

Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Orison Swett Marden is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 439 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Orison Swett Marden. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4597.

5 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 5 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life

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This edition of Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Orison Swett Marden carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #4597, divided into 5 chapters and 439 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 Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #4597 and divided into 439 sections.

This page carries the whole of Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Orison Swett Marden, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #4597, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2191 sentences across 5 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 Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life divided for reading?

Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 439 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 5 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.

Can I hear Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life 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 Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life

Common questions about reading Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Orison Swett Marden on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life?

Yes. All 2191 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #4597 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #4597, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life take to read?

About 182 minutes of reading across 439 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life section by section

How to work through Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Vocabulary met early in Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life

Words and structures a reader meets early in Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Living
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Supreme
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Objects
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Struggle
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.