Our Old Home, Vol. 2
Our Old Home, Vol. 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne is available here as the complete text, split into 387 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Our Old Home, Vol. 2 Annotated with Passages from the Author's Notebook by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37625.
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Our Old Home, Vol. 2
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This edition of Our Old Home, Vol. 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #37625, divided into 4 chapters and 387 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 Our Old Home, Vol. 2 is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #37625 and divided into 387 sections.
This page carries the whole of Our Old Home, Vol. 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #37625, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1932 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 Our Old Home, Vol. 2 divided for reading?
Our Old Home, Vol. 2 is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Our Old Home, Vol. 2 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 387 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 4 chapters.
Can I hear Our Old Home, Vol. 2 read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Our Old Home, Vol. 2 can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Our Old Home, Vol. 2 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 Our Old Home, Vol. 2
Common questions about reading Our Old Home, Vol. 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Our Old Home, Vol. 2?
Yes. All 1932 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #37625 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Our Old Home, Vol. 2 is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #37625, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Our Old Home, Vol. 2 take to read?
About 161 minutes of reading across 387 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Our Old Home, Vol. 2 section by section
How to work through Our Old Home, Vol. 2 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Our Old Home, Vol. 2
Words and structures a reader meets early in Our Old Home, Vol. 2, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Riverside
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Our Old Home, Vol. 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Press
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Our Old Home, Vol. 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Cambridge
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Our Old Home, Vol. 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Photogravures
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Our Old Home, Vol. 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.