The Day Before Yesterday
The Day Before Yesterday by Richard Middleton is available here as the complete text, split into 302 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Day Before Yesterday by Richard Middleton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53357.
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The Day Before Yesterday
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This edition of The Day Before Yesterday by Richard Middleton carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #53357, divided into 3 chapters and 302 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 Day Before Yesterday is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #53357 and divided into 302 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Day Before Yesterday by Richard Middleton, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #53357, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1507 sentences across 3 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 Day Before Yesterday divided for reading?
The Day Before Yesterday is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Day Before Yesterday as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 302 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 3 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Day Before Yesterday 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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Common questions about reading The Day Before Yesterday by Richard Middleton on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Day Before Yesterday?
Yes. All 1507 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #53357 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Day Before Yesterday is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #53357, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Day Before Yesterday take to read?
About 125 minutes of reading across 302 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Day Before Yesterday
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- Ebook
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- Bowler
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- Thanks
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