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The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1

The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James is available here as the complete text, split into 1363 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2833.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 28 chapters

Course Syllabus

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

The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1

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0 of 1350 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 73 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 83 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 85 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 100 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 49 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2833, divided into 28 chapters and 1363 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 Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #2833 and divided into 1363 sections.

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How is The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 divided for reading?

The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1363 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 28 chapters.

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Every sentence of The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 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 Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1

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Is this the complete text of The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1?

Yes. All 6815 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2833 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #2833, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 take to read?

About 567 minutes of reading across 1363 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Portrait
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Roderick
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Hudson
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Begun
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