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The Story of a Country Town

The Story of a Country Town by E. W. (Edgar Watson) Howe is available here as the complete text, split into 820 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

E. W. (Edgar Watson) Howe36 chapters

The Story of a Country Town by E. W. (Edgar Watson) Howe. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #47575.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 36 chapters

Course Syllabus

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

The Story of a Country Town

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0 of 805 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 6 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Story of a Country Town by E. W. (Edgar Watson) Howe carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #47575, divided into 36 chapters and 820 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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This page carries the whole of The Story of a Country Town by E. W. (Edgar Watson) Howe, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #47575, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4100 sentences across 36 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 Story of a Country Town divided for reading?

The Story of a Country Town is presented in 36 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Story of a Country Town as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 820 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 36 chapters.

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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Story of a Country Town can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of The Story of a Country Town 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 Story of a Country Town

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Is this the complete text of The Story of a Country Town?

Yes. All 4100 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #47575 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Story of a Country Town is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #47575, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Story of a Country Town take to read?

About 341 minutes of reading across 820 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Story of a Country Town section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Story of a Country Town

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Story of a Country Town, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Story
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of a Country Town; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Country
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of a Country Town; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Author
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Moonlight
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of a Country Town; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.