Julian Home
Julian Home by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar is available here as the complete text, split into 870 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Julian Home by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #23127.
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Julian Home
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This edition of Julian Home by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #23127, divided into 10 chapters and 870 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 Julian Home is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #23127 and divided into 870 sections.
This page carries the whole of Julian Home by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #23127, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4348 sentences across 10 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 Julian Home divided for reading?
Julian Home is presented in 10 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Julian Home as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 870 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 10 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.
Can I hear Julian Home read aloud?
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Every sentence of Julian Home 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 Julian Home
Common questions about reading Julian Home by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Julian Home?
Yes. All 4348 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #23127 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Julian Home is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #23127, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Julian Home take to read?
About 362 minutes of reading across 870 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Julian Home section by section
How to work through Julian Home section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Julian Home
Words and structures a reader meets early in Julian Home, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Julian
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Julian Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Frederick
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Julian Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Farrar
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Julian Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- First
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Julian Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.