An Englishwoman's Home
An Englishwoman's Home by Annie S. Swan is available here as the complete text, split into 312 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
An Englishwoman's Home by Annie S. Swan. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #22193.
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An Englishwoman's Home
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This edition of An Englishwoman's Home by Annie S. Swan carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #22193, divided into 3 chapters and 312 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 An Englishwoman's Home divided for reading?
An Englishwoman's Home is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting An Englishwoman's Home as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 312 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 3 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 An Englishwoman's Home 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.
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Is this the complete text of An Englishwoman's Home?
Yes. All 1559 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #22193 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of An Englishwoman's Home is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #22193, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does An Englishwoman's Home take to read?
About 129 minutes of reading across 312 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read An Englishwoman's Home section by section
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Vocabulary met early in An Englishwoman's Home
Words and structures a reader meets early in An Englishwoman's Home, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Removing
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of An Englishwoman's Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Those
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of An Englishwoman's Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Things
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of An Englishwoman's Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Shaken
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of An Englishwoman's Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.