A Flight with the Swallows
A Flight with the Swallows by Emma Marshall is available here as the complete text, split into 203 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Flight with the Swallows by Emma Marshall. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35455.
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A Flight with the Swallows
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This edition of A Flight with the Swallows by Emma Marshall carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #35455, divided into 12 chapters and 203 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 Flight with the Swallows is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #35455 and divided into 203 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Flight with the Swallows by Emma Marshall, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #35455, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1012 sentences across 12 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 Flight with the Swallows divided for reading?
A Flight with the Swallows is presented in 12 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Flight with the Swallows as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 203 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 12 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of A Flight with the Swallows can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of A Flight with the Swallows 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 Flight with the Swallows
Common questions about reading A Flight with the Swallows by Emma Marshall on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of A Flight with the Swallows?
Yes. All 1012 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #35455 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Flight with the Swallows is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #35455, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Flight with the Swallows take to read?
About 84 minutes of reading across 203 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Flight with the Swallows section by section
How to work through A Flight with the Swallows section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Choose one of the 12 chapters of A Flight with the Swallows to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in A Flight with the Swallows
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Flight with the Swallows, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Flight with the Swallows; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Poppies
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Flight with the Swallows; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Pansies
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Flight with the Swallows; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Silver
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Flight with the Swallows; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.