Friends I Have Made
Friends I Have Made by George Manville Fenn is available here as the complete text, split into 470 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Friends I Have Made by George Manville Fenn. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35368.
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Friends I Have Made
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This edition of Friends I Have Made by George Manville Fenn carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #35368, divided into 5 chapters and 470 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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The complete text of Friends I Have Made is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #35368 and divided into 470 sections.
This page carries the whole of Friends I Have Made by George Manville Fenn, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #35368, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2350 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 Friends I Have Made divided for reading?
Friends I Have Made is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Friends I Have Made as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 470 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 5 chapters.
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Every sentence of Friends I Have Made 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 Friends I Have Made
Common questions about reading Friends I Have Made by George Manville Fenn on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Friends I Have Made?
Yes. All 2350 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #35368 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Friends I Have Made is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #35368, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Friends I Have Made take to read?
About 195 minutes of reading across 470 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Friends I Have Made section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Friends I Have Made
Words and structures a reader meets early in Friends I Have Made, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Friends
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Friends I Have Made; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- George
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Friends I Have Made; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Manville
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Friends I Have Made; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Version
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