A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript
A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript by Charles Dickens is available here as the complete text, split into 353 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Christmas Carol The original manuscript by Charles Dickens. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #30368.
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A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript
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This edition of A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript by Charles Dickens carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #30368, divided into 4 chapters and 353 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 A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #30368 and divided into 353 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript by Charles Dickens, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #30368, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1763 sentences across 4 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 A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript divided for reading?
A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 353 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 4 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript 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 A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript?
Yes. All 1763 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #30368 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #30368, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript take to read?
About 146 minutes of reading across 353 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript section by section
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Vocabulary met early in A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
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