An Old Man's Love
An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope is available here as the complete text, split into 956 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #25001.
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An Old Man's Love
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This edition of An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #25001, divided into 24 chapters and 956 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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The complete text of An Old Man's Love is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #25001 and divided into 956 sections.
This page carries the whole of An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #25001, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4776 sentences across 24 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 An Old Man's Love divided for reading?
An Old Man's Love is presented in 24 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting An Old Man's Love as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 956 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 24 chapters.
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Every sentence of An Old Man's Love 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.
Questions about reading An Old Man's Love
Common questions about reading An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of An Old Man's Love?
Yes. All 4776 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #25001 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of An Old Man's Love is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #25001, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does An Old Man's Love take to read?
About 398 minutes of reading across 956 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read An Old Man's Love section by section
How to work through An Old Man's Love section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in An Old Man's Love
Words and structures a reader meets early in An Old Man's Love, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Baggett
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of An Old Man's Love; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- William
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of An Old Man's Love; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Whittlestaff
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of An Old Man's Love; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Strolling
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of An Old Man's Love; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.