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Edgar Huntly

Edgar Huntly by Charles Brockden Brown is available here as the complete text, split into 1117 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Charles Brockden Brown27 chapters

Edgar Huntly by Charles Brockden Brown. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8223.

27 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 27 chapters

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This edition of Edgar Huntly by Charles Brockden Brown carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #8223, divided into 27 chapters and 1117 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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This page carries the whole of Edgar Huntly by Charles Brockden Brown, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #8223, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5582 sentences across 27 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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Edgar Huntly is presented in 27 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Edgar Huntly as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1117 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 27 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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Is this the complete text of Edgar Huntly?

Yes. All 5582 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #8223 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #8223, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Edgar Huntly take to read?

About 465 minutes of reading across 1117 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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