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The Cosmic Courtship

The Cosmic Courtship by Julian Hawthorne is available here as the complete text, split into 766 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Cosmic Courtship by Julian Hawthorne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66349.

33 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 33 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The Cosmic Courtship

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0 of 754 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Race for Love 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Lost! 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Mary Faust 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V “I’m Going” 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Lever 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 800,000,000 Miles 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Red Spider 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Torpeon’s Mark 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Trance 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Secret Exit 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII False Trails 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Magician’s Hall 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Friend from the Stars 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Lasso 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Winged Horse 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Black Magic 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Home Thoughts 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Rebellion 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Cave Men 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Miriam 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Truth 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The High Court 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Judgement 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Elixir 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Disaster 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Battle 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Paradise Postponed 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Zarga Makes Amends 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Torpeon 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Divided 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Jim’s Reward 31 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Cosmic Courtship by Julian Hawthorne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #66349, divided into 33 chapters and 766 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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Every sentence of The Cosmic Courtship 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 Cosmic Courtship

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Is this the complete text of The Cosmic Courtship?

Yes. All 3827 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #66349 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Cosmic Courtship is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #66349, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Cosmic Courtship take to read?

About 318 minutes of reading across 766 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Cosmic Courtship

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Cosmic Courtship, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Cosmic
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Cosmic Courtship; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Courtship
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Cosmic Courtship; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Julian
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Hawthorne
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