diff --git a/Shared/PostList/PostListModel.swift b/Shared/PostList/PostListModel.swift
index e6464e4..80fb1b5 100644
--- a/Shared/PostList/PostListModel.swift
+++ b/Shared/PostList/PostListModel.swift
@@ -1,21 +1,62 @@
 import SwiftUI
 import CoreData
 
 class PostListModel: ObservableObject {
     func remove(_ post: WFAPost) {
         LocalStorageManager.persistentContainer.viewContext.delete(post)
         LocalStorageManager().saveContext()
     }
 
     func purgePublishedPosts() {
         let fetchRequest: NSFetchRequest<NSFetchRequestResult> = NSFetchRequest(entityName: "WFAPost")
         fetchRequest.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "status != %i", 0)
         let deleteRequest = NSBatchDeleteRequest(fetchRequest: fetchRequest)
 
         do {
             try LocalStorageManager.persistentContainer.viewContext.executeAndMergeChanges(using: deleteRequest)
         } catch {
             print("Error: Failed to purge cached posts.")
         }
     }
+
+    func getBodyPreview(of post: WFAPost) -> String {
+        var elidedPostBody: String = ""
+
+        // Strip any markdown from the post body.
+        let strippedPostBody = stripMarkdown(from: post.body)
+
+        // Get the first 80 characters.
+        let firstEightyChars = String(strippedPostBody.prefix(80))
+
+        // Extract lede from post.
+         elidedPostBody = extractLede(from: firstEightyChars)
+
+        return elidedPostBody
+    }
+}
+
+private extension PostListModel {
+
+    func stripMarkdown(from string: String) -> String {
+        return string
+    }
+
+    func extractLede(from string: String) -> String {
+        let terminatingCharacters = CharacterSet(charactersIn: ".。?").union(.newlines)
+
+        var lede: String
+
+        let sentences = string.components(separatedBy: terminatingCharacters)
+        let firstSentence = sentences.filter { !$0.isEmpty }[0]
+
+        if firstSentence == string {
+            let endOfStringIndex = string.lastIndex(of: " ")
+            lede = String(string[..<(endOfStringIndex ?? string.index(string.endIndex, offsetBy: -2))]) + "…"
+        } else {
+            lede = firstSentence
+        }
+
+        return lede
+    }
 }
+