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The Girl at the Halfway House

The Girl at the Halfway House by Emerson Hough is available here as the complete text, split into 975 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Emerson Hough35 chapters

The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Emerson Hough. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #14948.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 35 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

The Girl at the Halfway House

Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.

0 of 960 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 41 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Girl at the Halfway House by Emerson Hough carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #14948, divided into 35 chapters and 975 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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How is The Girl at the Halfway House divided for reading?

The Girl at the Halfway House is presented in 35 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Girl at the Halfway House as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 975 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 35 chapters.

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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Girl at the Halfway House can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of The Girl at the Halfway House 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 The Girl at the Halfway House

Common questions about reading The Girl at the Halfway House by Emerson Hough on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Girl at the Halfway House?

Yes. All 4875 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #14948 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Girl at the Halfway House is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #14948, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Girl at the Halfway House take to read?

About 406 minutes of reading across 975 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Girl at the Halfway House section by section

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  2. Read one section

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Vocabulary met early in The Girl at the Halfway House

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Girl at the Halfway House, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Major
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Twenty
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Miles
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Front
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