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Waverley

Waverley by Walter Scott is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1165 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Waverley by Walter Scott. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2034.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

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This edition of Waverley by Walter Scott carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2034, divided into 40 chapters and 1165 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 Waverley by Walter Scott, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #2034, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5822 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.

How is Waverley divided for reading?

Waverley is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Waverley as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1165 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 40 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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Every sentence of Waverley 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 Waverley?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #2034, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 485 minutes of reading across 1165 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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