The Apartment Next Door
The Apartment Next Door by William Johnston is available here as the complete text, split into 694 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Apartment Next Door by William Johnston. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #11240.
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The Apartment Next Door
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
- Chapter XVI Chapter 16
- Chapter XVII Chapter 17
This edition of The Apartment Next Door by William Johnston carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #11240, divided into 17 chapters and 694 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 The Apartment Next Door is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #11240 and divided into 694 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Apartment Next Door by William Johnston, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #11240, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3467 sentences across 17 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 The Apartment Next Door divided for reading?
The Apartment Next Door is presented in 17 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Apartment Next Door as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 694 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 17 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 The Apartment Next Door 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 The Apartment Next Door
Common questions about reading The Apartment Next Door by William Johnston on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Apartment Next Door?
Yes. All 3467 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #11240 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Apartment Next Door is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #11240, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Apartment Next Door take to read?
About 288 minutes of reading across 694 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Apartment Next Door section by section
How to work through The Apartment Next Door section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Apartment Next Door
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Apartment Next Door, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Impatiently
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Apartment Next Door; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Looked
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Apartment Next Door; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Wrist
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Apartment Next Door; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Watch
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Apartment Next Door; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.