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A Houseful of Girls

A Houseful of Girls by Sarah Tytler is available here as the complete text, split into 711 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

A Houseful of Girls by Sarah Tytler. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #20081.

22 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 22 chapters

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A Houseful of Girls

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This edition of A Houseful of Girls by Sarah Tytler carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #20081, divided into 22 chapters and 711 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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The complete text of A Houseful of Girls is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #20081 and divided into 711 sections.

This page carries the whole of A Houseful of Girls by Sarah Tytler, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #20081, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3555 sentences across 22 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 Houseful of Girls divided for reading?

A Houseful of Girls is presented in 22 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting A Houseful of Girls as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 711 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 22 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.

Can I hear A Houseful of Girls read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of A Houseful of Girls can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of A Houseful of Girls 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 Houseful of Girls

Common questions about reading A Houseful of Girls by Sarah Tytler on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of A Houseful of Girls?

Yes. All 3555 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #20081 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Houseful of Girls is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #20081, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Houseful of Girls take to read?

About 296 minutes of reading across 711 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read A Houseful of Girls section by section

How to work through A Houseful of Girls section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

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  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in A Houseful of Girls

Words and structures a reader meets early in A Houseful of Girls, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Grace
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Houseful of Girls; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Crisis
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Houseful of Girls; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Millar
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Houseful of Girls; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Granted
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Houseful of Girls; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.