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Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote

Chapter XXXVI · Chapter 36

Chapter 36 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.
The learning of the _Houyhnhnms_.
Their buildings.
Their manner of burials.
The defectiveness of their language.
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Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote

Chapter XXXVI · Chapter 36

Chapter 36 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/9 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.
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The learning of the _Houyhnhnms_.
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Their buildings.
Line 4
Their manner of burials.
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The defectiveness of their language.

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

and

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

assembly

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

at

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

buildings

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From this reading Their buildings.

burials

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From this reading Their manner of burials.

debate

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

defectiveness

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From this reading The defectiveness of their language.

determined

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

general

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

grand

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

Houyhnhnms

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

how

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

it

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

language

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From this reading The defectiveness of their language.

learning

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From this reading The learning of the _Houyhnhnms_.

manner

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From this reading Their manner of burials.

of

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

the

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

Their

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From this reading Their buildings.

was

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From this reading A grand debate at the general assembly of the _Houyhnhnms_, and how it was determined.

Chapter 36 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote by Jonathan Swift holds 47 sentences, grouped into 10 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 36 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote contain?

Chapter 36 holds 47 sentences of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 36 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote by Jonathan Swift exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 47 sentences, grouped into 10 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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Work through the 10 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 36 can be played aloud in United States English.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #829, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote take to read?

About 234 minutes of reading across 563 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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