A Country Doctor and Selected Stories
A Country Doctor and Selected Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett is available here as the complete text, split into 1085 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches by Sarah Orne Jewett. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #15294.
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A Country Doctor and Selected Stories
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This edition of A Country Doctor and Selected Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #15294, divided into 13 chapters and 1085 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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How is A Country Doctor and Selected Stories divided for reading?
A Country Doctor and Selected Stories is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Country Doctor and Selected Stories as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1085 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 13 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
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Every sentence of A Country Doctor and Selected Stories 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 A Country Doctor and Selected Stories
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Is this the complete text of A Country Doctor and Selected Stories?
Yes. All 5421 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #15294 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Country Doctor and Selected Stories is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #15294, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Country Doctor and Selected Stories take to read?
About 451 minutes of reading across 1085 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Country Doctor and Selected Stories section by section
How to work through A Country Doctor and Selected Stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in A Country Doctor and Selected Stories
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Country Doctor and Selected Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Almost
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Country Doctor and Selected Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sultry
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Country Doctor and Selected Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sometimes
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Country Doctor and Selected Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- November
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Country Doctor and Selected Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.