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The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2

The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1535 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2620.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2

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This edition of The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2620, divided into 40 chapters and 1535 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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The complete text of The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #2620 and divided into 1535 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #2620, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 7672 sentences across 40 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 Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 divided for reading?

The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1535 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 40 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Every sentence of The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 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 Home Book of Verse — Volume 2?

Yes. All 7672 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2620 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #2620, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1535 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Verse: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Volume: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sense: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
World: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2

Where can I read The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 in full?

How is The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 divided for reading?

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Questions about reading The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2

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Vocabulary met early in The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2