Hidden Hand
Hidden Hand by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth is available here as the complete text, split into 996 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Hidden hand by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #29866.
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Hidden Hand
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII
- Chapter XXIX
- Chapter XXX
This edition of Hidden Hand by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #29866, divided into 30 chapters and 996 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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How is Hidden Hand divided for reading?
Hidden Hand is presented in 30 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Hidden Hand as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 996 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 30 chapters.
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Every sentence of Hidden Hand 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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Is this the complete text of Hidden Hand?
Yes. All 4980 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #29866 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Hidden Hand is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #29866, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Hidden Hand take to read?
About 415 minutes of reading across 996 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Hidden Hand section by section
How to work through Hidden Hand section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Hidden Hand
Words and structures a reader meets early in Hidden Hand, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Whence
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Hidden Hand; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Knocking
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Hidden Hand; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Every
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Hidden Hand; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sound
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Hidden Hand; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.