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To Have and to Hold

To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston is available here as the complete text, split into 1358 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2807.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

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This edition of To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2807, divided into 39 chapters and 1358 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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This page carries the whole of To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #2807, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 6788 sentences across 39 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.

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To Have and to Hold is presented in 39 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting To Have and to Hold as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1358 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 39 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.

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Is this the complete text of To Have and to Hold?

Yes. All 6788 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2807 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #2807, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 565 minutes of reading across 1358 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in To Have and to Hold

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Being: A word that appears in the opening chapter of To Have and to Hold; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Doorstep: A word that appears in the opening chapter of To Have and to Hold; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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