The Heart of a Dog
The Heart of a Dog by Albert Payson Terhune is available here as the complete text, split into 795 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Heart of a Dog by Albert Payson Terhune. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #61429.
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The Heart of a Dog
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This edition of The Heart of a Dog by Albert Payson Terhune carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #61429, divided into 9 chapters and 795 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 Heart of a Dog is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #61429 and divided into 795 sections.
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How is The Heart of a Dog divided for reading?
The Heart of a Dog is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Heart of a Dog as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 795 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 9 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Heart of a Dog 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 Heart of a Dog?
Yes. All 3975 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #61429 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Heart of a Dog is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #61429, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Heart of a Dog take to read?
About 331 minutes of reading across 795 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Heart of a Dog
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Heart of a Dog, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Version
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- Cannot
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- Represent
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- Certain
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