Found at Blazing Star
Found at Blazing Star by Bret Harte is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 155 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Found at Blazing Star by Bret Harte. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2794.
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Found at Blazing Star
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This edition of Found at Blazing Star by Bret Harte carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2794, divided into 4 chapters and 155 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 Found at Blazing Star is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #2794 and divided into 155 sections.
This page carries the whole of Found at Blazing Star by Bret Harte, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #2794, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 773 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 Found at Blazing Star divided for reading?
Found at Blazing Star is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Found at Blazing Star as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 155 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 4 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 Found at Blazing Star 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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Common questions about reading Found at Blazing Star by Bret Harte on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Found at Blazing Star?
Yes. All 773 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2794 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Found at Blazing Star is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #2794, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Found at Blazing Star take to read?
About 64 minutes of reading across 155 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Found at Blazing Star
Words and structures a reader meets early in Found at Blazing Star, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Ceased
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Found at Blazing Star; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Streaks
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Found at Blazing Star; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Morning
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Found at Blazing Star; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Blazing
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Found at Blazing Star; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.