No Man's Land
No Man's Land by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile is available here as the complete text, split into 1027 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
No Man's Land by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #23874.
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No Man's Land
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This edition of No Man's Land by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #23874, divided into 4 chapters and 1027 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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This page carries the whole of No Man's Land by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #23874, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5133 sentences across 4 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 No Man's Land divided for reading?
No Man's Land is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting No Man's Land as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1027 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 4 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.
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Every sentence of No Man's Land 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 No Man's Land
Common questions about reading No Man's Land by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of No Man's Land?
Yes. All 5133 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #23874 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of No Man's Land is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #23874, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does No Man's Land take to read?
About 427 minutes of reading across 1027 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read No Man's Land section by section
How to work through No Man's Land section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in No Man's Land
Words and structures a reader meets early in No Man's Land, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Original
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of No Man's Land; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Author
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- Given
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- Sapper
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of No Man's Land; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.