Seeing Things at Night
Seeing Things at Night by Heywood Broun is available here as the complete text, split into 723 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Seeing Things at Night by Heywood Broun. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35793.
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Seeing Things at Night
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This edition of Seeing Things at Night by Heywood Broun carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #35793, divided into 9 chapters and 723 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 Seeing Things at Night is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #35793 and divided into 723 sections.
This page carries the whole of Seeing Things at Night by Heywood Broun, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #35793, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3614 sentences across 9 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 Seeing Things at Night divided for reading?
Seeing Things at Night is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Seeing Things at Night as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 723 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 9 chapters.
Can I hear Seeing Things at Night read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Seeing Things at Night can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Seeing Things at Night 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 Seeing Things at Night
Common questions about reading Seeing Things at Night by Heywood Broun on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Seeing Things at Night?
Yes. All 3614 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #35793 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Seeing Things at Night is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #35793, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Seeing Things at Night take to read?
About 301 minutes of reading across 723 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Seeing Things at Night section by section
How to work through Seeing Things at Night section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Seeing Things at Night
Words and structures a reader meets early in Seeing Things at Night, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- First
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- Difficulty
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- Title
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- Seeing
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Seeing Things at Night; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.