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The Headless Horseman

The Headless Horseman by Mayne Reid is available here as the complete text, split into 2719 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas by Mayne Reid. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35587.

34 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 34 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

The Headless Horseman

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0 of 2707 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 81 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Headless Horseman by Mayne Reid carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #35587, divided into 34 chapters and 2719 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 Headless Horseman is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #35587 and divided into 2719 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Headless Horseman by Mayne Reid, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #35587, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 13595 sentences across 34 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 Headless Horseman divided for reading?

The Headless Horseman is presented in 34 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Headless Horseman as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2719 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 34 chapters.

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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Headless Horseman can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of The Headless Horseman 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 Headless Horseman

Common questions about reading The Headless Horseman by Mayne Reid on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Headless Horseman?

Yes. All 13595 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #35587 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Headless Horseman is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #35587, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Headless Horseman take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2719 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Headless Horseman section by section

How to work through The Headless Horseman section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

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  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in The Headless Horseman

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

Headless
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Headless Horseman; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Horseman
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Headless Horseman; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Strange
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Headless Horseman; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Texas
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Headless Horseman; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.