The Big Trip Up Yonder
The Big Trip Up Yonder by Kurt Vonnegut is available here as the complete text, split into 47 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Big Trip Up Yonder by Kurt Vonnegut. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #30240.
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The Big Trip Up Yonder
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This edition of The Big Trip Up Yonder by Kurt Vonnegut carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #30240, divided into 1 chapters and 47 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 The Big Trip Up Yonder is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #30240 and divided into 47 sections.
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The Big Trip Up Yonder is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Big Trip Up Yonder as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 47 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 1 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Big Trip Up Yonder 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.
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Is this the complete text of The Big Trip Up Yonder?
Yes. All 234 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #30240 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Big Trip Up Yonder is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #30240, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Big Trip Up Yonder take to read?
About 19 minutes of reading across 47 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Big Trip Up Yonder section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Big Trip Up Yonder
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Big Trip Up Yonder, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Vonnegut
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Big Trip Up Yonder; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Enough
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Big Trip Up Yonder; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Grandfather
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Big Trip Up Yonder; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Forget
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Big Trip Up Yonder; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.