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The Son of Tarzan

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

Chapter 20 of The Son of Tarzan is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Edgar Rice Burroughs • Curated US English Learning Edition

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At the edge of the forest the Hon. Morison drew rein.

He had no desire to go further.

Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

The wind, now, was blowing gently between him and his intended prey.

He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

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Chapter XX Reading 1/34

The Son of Tarzan

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

Chapter 20 of The Son of Tarzan is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

At the edge of the forest the Hon. Morison drew rein.

Line 2

He had no desire to go further.

Line 3

Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

Line 4

The wind, now, was blowing gently between him and his intended prey.

Line 5

He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

All words in this reading · 62

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a

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

and

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From this reading The wind, now, was blowing gently between him and his intended prey.

At

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From this reading At the edge of the forest the Hon. Morison drew rein.

between

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From this reading The wind, now, was blowing gently between him and his intended prey.

beyond

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From this reading Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

blowing

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From this reading The wind, now, was blowing gently between him and his intended prey.

by

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

come

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

comparison

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

crept

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From this reading Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

desire

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From this reading He had no desire to go further.

difficult

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

drew

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From this reading At the edge of the forest the Hon. Morison drew rein.

edge

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From this reading At the edge of the forest the Hon. Morison drew rein.

eland

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

even

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

feet

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From this reading Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

flesh

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

for

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

forest

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From this reading At the edge of the forest the Hon. Morison drew rein.

further

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From this reading He had no desire to go further.

gently

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go

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had

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He

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him

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From this reading The wind, now, was blowing gently between him and his intended prey.

his

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Hon

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human

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in

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intended

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From this reading The wind, now, was blowing gently between him and his intended prey.

into

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From this reading Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

it

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

jungle

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From this reading Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

kill

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

less

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

long

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

man

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

Morison

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From this reading At the edge of the forest the Hon. Morison drew rein.

no

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From this reading He had no desire to go further.

now

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From this reading The wind, now, was blowing gently between him and his intended prey.

Numa

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From this reading Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

of

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From this reading At the edge of the forest the Hon. Morison drew rein.

padded

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From this reading Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

poor

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

prey

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From this reading The wind, now, was blowing gently between him and his intended prey.

rein

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From this reading At the edge of the forest the Hon. Morison drew rein.

search

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

silent

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From this reading Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

stuff

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

tasted

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

the

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From this reading At the edge of the forest the Hon. Morison drew rein.

them

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From this reading Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

to

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From this reading He had no desire to go further.

upon

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From this reading Numa, silent upon his padded feet, crept into the jungle beyond them.

was

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From this reading The wind, now, was blowing gently between him and his intended prey.

way

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

while

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

wind

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From this reading The wind, now, was blowing gently between him and his intended prey.

with

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

youth

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

zebra

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From this reading He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.

Chapter 20 of The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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 20 of The Son of Tarzan contain?

Chapter 20 holds 173 sentences of The Son of Tarzan, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 20 of The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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.

How do I study chapter 20 of The Son of Tarzan?

Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 35 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 20 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of The Son of Tarzan?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #90, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Son of Tarzan take to read?

About 446 minutes of reading across 1073 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Son of Tarzan

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Son of Tarzan, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Marjorie: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Son of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Floating: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Son of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Broad: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Son of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ugambi: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Son of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.