A Rebellious Heroine
A Rebellious Heroine by John Kendrick Bangs is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 287 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Rebellious Heroine by John Kendrick Bangs. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3324.
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A Rebellious Heroine
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This edition of A Rebellious Heroine by John Kendrick Bangs carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3324, divided into 8 chapters and 287 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 Rebellious Heroine is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #3324 and divided into 287 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Rebellious Heroine by John Kendrick Bangs, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #3324, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1431 sentences across 8 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 Rebellious Heroine divided for reading?
A Rebellious Heroine is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Rebellious Heroine as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 287 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 8 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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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of A Rebellious Heroine can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of A Rebellious Heroine 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 Rebellious Heroine
Common questions about reading A Rebellious Heroine by John Kendrick Bangs on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of A Rebellious Heroine?
Yes. All 1431 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3324 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Rebellious Heroine is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #3324, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Rebellious Heroine take to read?
About 119 minutes of reading across 287 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Rebellious Heroine section by section
How to work through A Rebellious Heroine section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in A Rebellious Heroine
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Rebellious Heroine, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Kendrick
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Rebellious Heroine; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Bangs
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- Bicycles
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- Three
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