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News from Nowhere

News from Nowhere by William Morris is available here as the complete text, split into 525 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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News from Nowhere by William Morris. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3261.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 32 chapters

Course Syllabus

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News from Nowhere

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  1. Chapter I Discussion and Bed 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Morning Bath 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Guest House and Breakfast Therein 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Market by the Way 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Children on the Road 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A Little Shopping 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Trafalgar Square 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII An Old Friend 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Concerning Love 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Questions and Answers 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Concerning Government 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Concerning the Arrangement of Life 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Concerning Politics 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV How Matters Are Managed 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Dinner in the Hall of the Bloomsbury Market 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII How the Change Came 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Beginning of the New Life 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Drive Back to Hammersmith 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Hammersmith Guest-House Again 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Going Up the River 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Hampton Court and a Praiser of Past Times 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII An Early Morning by Runnymede 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Up the Thames: The Second Day 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Third Day on the Thames 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Obstinate Refusers 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Upper Waters 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Little River 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX A Resting-Place on the Upper Thames 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI An Old House Amongst New Folk 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII The Feast's Beginning--the End 14 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of News from Nowhere by William Morris carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3261, divided into 32 chapters and 525 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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Every sentence of News from Nowhere 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 News from Nowhere

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Is this the complete text of News from Nowhere?

Yes. All 2621 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3261 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of News from Nowhere is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #3261, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does News from Nowhere take to read?

About 218 minutes of reading across 525 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in News from Nowhere

Words and structures a reader meets early in News from Nowhere, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

League
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Friend
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Night
A word that appears in the opening chapter of News from Nowhere; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Brisk
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