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True to His Home

True to His Home by Hezekiah Butterworth is available here as the complete text, split into 1074 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Hezekiah Butterworth40 chapters

True to His Home: A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Hezekiah Butterworth. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #26442.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 40 chapters

Course Syllabus

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

True to His Home

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0 of 1056 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 42 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of True to His Home by Hezekiah Butterworth carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #26442, divided into 40 chapters and 1074 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 True to His Home by Hezekiah Butterworth, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #26442, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5367 sentences across 40 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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True to His Home is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting True to His Home as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1074 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 40 chapters.

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Every sentence of True to His Home 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.

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Is this the complete text of True to His Home?

Yes. All 5367 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #26442 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of True to His Home is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #26442, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does True to His Home take to read?

About 447 minutes of reading across 1074 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in True to His Home

Words and structures a reader meets early in True to His Home, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Books
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Hezekiah
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Butterworth
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School-house
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