Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole by Austin Dobson is available here as the complete text, split into 588 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Horace Walpole: A memoir With an appendix of books printed at the Strawberry Hill Press by Austin Dobson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53649.
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Horace Walpole
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This edition of Horace Walpole by Austin Dobson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #53649, divided into 11 chapters and 588 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 Horace Walpole is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #53649 and divided into 588 sections.
This page carries the whole of Horace Walpole by Austin Dobson, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #53649, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2939 sentences across 11 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 Horace Walpole divided for reading?
Horace Walpole is presented in 11 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Horace Walpole as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 588 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 11 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Horace Walpole?
Yes. All 2939 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #53649 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Horace Walpole is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #53649, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Horace Walpole take to read?
About 244 minutes of reading across 588 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Horace Walpole section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Horace Walpole
Words and structures a reader meets early in Horace Walpole, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Walpoles
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Horace Walpole; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Houghton
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Horace Walpole; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Horace
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Horace Walpole; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Walpole
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Horace Walpole; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.