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A Little Girl in Old New York

A Little Girl in Old New York by Amanda M. Douglas is available here as the complete text, split into 1213 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

A Little Girl in Old New York by Amanda M. Douglas. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #23780.

19 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 19 chapters

Course Syllabus

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A Little Girl in Old New York

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0 of 1205 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of A Little Girl in Old New York by Amanda M. Douglas carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #23780, divided into 19 chapters and 1213 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 Little Girl in Old New York is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #23780 and divided into 1213 sections.

This page carries the whole of A Little Girl in Old New York by Amanda M. Douglas, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #23780, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 6062 sentences across 19 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 Little Girl in Old New York divided for reading?

A Little Girl in Old New York is presented in 19 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting A Little Girl in Old New York as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1213 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 19 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 Little Girl in Old New York read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of A Little Girl in Old New York can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of A Little Girl in Old New York 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 Little Girl in Old New York

Common questions about reading A Little Girl in Old New York by Amanda M. Douglas on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of A Little Girl in Old New York?

Yes. All 6062 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #23780 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Little Girl in Old New York is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #23780, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Little Girl in Old New York take to read?

About 505 minutes of reading across 1213 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read A Little Girl in Old New York section by section

How to work through A Little Girl in Old New York section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

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  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in A Little Girl in Old New York

Words and structures a reader meets early in A Little Girl in Old New York, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Company
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Little Girl in Old New York; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Dorothy
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Little Girl in Old New York; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Moore
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Little Girl in Old New York; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Little
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Little Girl in Old New York; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.