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The Unbidden Guest

The Unbidden Guest by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung is available here as the complete text, split into 778 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung21 chapters

The Unbidden Guest by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #52562.

21 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 21 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The Unbidden Guest

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0 of 770 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Bad Beginning 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Au Revoir 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Matter of Twenty Pounds 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V A Watch and a Pipe 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Ways of Society 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Moonlight Sport 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Saving of Arabella 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Face to Face 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Thinning of the Ice 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI A Christmas Offering 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII “The Song of Miriam.” 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII On the Verandah 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV A Bolt from the Blue 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Day of Reckoning 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Man'. Resolve 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Two Miriams 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX To the Tune of Rain 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Last Encounter 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI “For This Cause.” 22 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Unbidden Guest by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #52562, divided into 21 chapters and 778 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 Unbidden Guest is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #52562 and divided into 778 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Unbidden Guest by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #52562, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3887 sentences across 21 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 Unbidden Guest divided for reading?

The Unbidden Guest is presented in 21 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Unbidden Guest as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 778 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 21 chapters.

Can I hear The Unbidden Guest read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Unbidden Guest can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of The Unbidden Guest 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 Unbidden Guest

Common questions about reading The Unbidden Guest by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Unbidden Guest?

Yes. All 3887 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #52562 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Unbidden Guest is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #52562, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Unbidden Guest take to read?

About 323 minutes of reading across 778 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Unbidden Guest section by section

How to work through The Unbidden Guest section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

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  2. Read one section

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Vocabulary met early in The Unbidden Guest

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Unbidden Guest, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Longmans
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Unbidden Guest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Green
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Arabella
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Unbidden Guest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
First
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Unbidden Guest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.