The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter by Adolphe Danziger is available here as the complete text, split into 271 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The monk and the hangman's daughter by Adolphe Danziger. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #38602.
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The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
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This edition of The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter by Adolphe Danziger carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #38602, divided into 3 chapters and 271 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 Monk and the Hangman's Daughter is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #38602 and divided into 271 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter by Adolphe Danziger, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #38602, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1354 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 Monk and the Hangman's Daughter divided for reading?
The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 271 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 Monk and the Hangman's Daughter 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 Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
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Is this the complete text of The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter?
Yes. All 1354 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #38602 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #38602, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter take to read?
About 112 minutes of reading across 271 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Adolphe
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- Danziger
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- Castro
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- Ambrose
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