The Man Who Was Afraid
The Man Who Was Afraid by Maksim Gorky is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1952 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Man Who Was Afraid by Maksim Gorky. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2709.
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The Man Who Was Afraid
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This edition of The Man Who Was Afraid by Maksim Gorky carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2709, divided into 13 chapters and 1952 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 Man Who Was Afraid is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #2709 and divided into 1952 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Man Who Was Afraid by Maksim Gorky, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #2709, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 9760 sentences across 13 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 Man Who Was Afraid divided for reading?
The Man Who Was Afraid is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Man Who Was Afraid as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1952 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 13 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.
Can I hear The Man Who Was Afraid read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Man Who Was Afraid can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Man Who Was Afraid 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 Man Who Was Afraid
Common questions about reading The Man Who Was Afraid by Maksim Gorky on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Man Who Was Afraid?
Yes. All 9760 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2709 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Man Who Was Afraid is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #2709, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Man Who Was Afraid take to read?
About 600 minutes of reading across 1952 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Man Who Was Afraid section by section
How to work through The Man Who Was Afraid section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Man Who Was Afraid
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Man Who Was Afraid, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Sixty
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Man Who Was Afraid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Years
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Man Who Was Afraid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Fortunes
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Man Who Was Afraid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Millions
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Man Who Was Afraid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.