Horses and Men
Horses and Men by Sherwood Anderson is available here as the complete text, split into 982 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Horses and Men: Tales, long and short, from our American life by Sherwood Anderson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #60097.
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Horses and Men
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This edition of Horses and Men by Sherwood Anderson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #60097, divided into 8 chapters and 982 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 Horses and Men is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #60097 and divided into 982 sections.
This page carries the whole of Horses and Men by Sherwood Anderson, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #60097, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4907 sentences across 8 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 Horses and Men divided for reading?
Horses and Men is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Horses and Men as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 982 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 8 chapters.
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Every sentence of Horses and Men 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 Horses and Men
Common questions about reading Horses and Men by Sherwood Anderson on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Horses and Men?
Yes. All 4907 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #60097 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Horses and Men is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #60097, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Horses and Men take to read?
About 408 minutes of reading across 982 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Horses and Men section by section
How to work through Horses and Men section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Horses and Men
Words and structures a reader meets early in Horses and Men, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Tales
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Horses and Men; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Short
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Horses and Men; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- American
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Horses and Men; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Whose
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Horses and Men; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.