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Love and Life

Love and Life by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge is available here as the complete text, split into 955 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge37 chapters

Love and Life: An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5700.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 37 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Love and Life

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  1. Chapter I A Syllabub Party 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The House of Delavie 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Among the Cowslips 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV My Lady’s Missive 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Summons 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Disappointed Love 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Enchanted Castle 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Dark Chamber 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Shafts of Phoebe 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Canon of Windsor 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Queen of Beauty 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Auguries 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Victim Demanded 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Proposal 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Wooing in the Dark 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Muffled Bridegroom 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Sisters’ Meeting 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII A Fatal Spark 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Wrath and Desolation 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Wanderer 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Vanished 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Traces 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Cytherea’s Bower 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Rout 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX A Black Blondel 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX The First Task 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI The Second Task 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Lions 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Cosmetic 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Down the River 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The Return 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Waking 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Making the Best of It 22 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Love and Life by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #5700, divided into 37 chapters and 955 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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Love and Life is presented in 37 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Love and Life as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 955 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 37 chapters.

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Every sentence of Love and Life 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 Love and Life?

Yes. All 4771 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #5700 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Love and Life is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #5700, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Love and Life take to read?

About 397 minutes of reading across 955 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Love and Life section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Love and Life

Words and structures a reader meets early in Love and Life, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Shadowed
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Group
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Beauties
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Teacup
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