Lost Man's Lane
Lost Man's Lane by Anna Katharine Green is available here as the complete text, split into 959 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Lost Man's Lane: A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth by Anna Katharine Green. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #33305.
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Lost Man's Lane
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This edition of Lost Man's Lane by Anna Katharine Green carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #33305, divided into 12 chapters and 959 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 Lost Man's Lane is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #33305 and divided into 959 sections.
This page carries the whole of Lost Man's Lane by Anna Katharine Green, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #33305, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4795 sentences across 12 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 Lost Man's Lane divided for reading?
Lost Man's Lane is presented in 12 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Lost Man's Lane as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 959 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 12 chapters.
Can I hear Lost Man's Lane read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Lost Man's Lane can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Lost Man's Lane 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 Lost Man's Lane
Common questions about reading Lost Man's Lane by Anna Katharine Green on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Lost Man's Lane?
Yes. All 4795 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #33305 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Lost Man's Lane is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #33305, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Lost Man's Lane take to read?
About 399 minutes of reading across 959 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Lost Man's Lane section by section
How to work through Lost Man's Lane section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 12 chapters of Lost Man's Lane to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in Lost Man's Lane
Words and structures a reader meets early in Lost Man's Lane, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Lost Man's Lane; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Affair
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Lost Man's Lane; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Leavenworth
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Lost Man's Lane; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Forsaken
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Lost Man's Lane; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.