Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories
Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston is available here as the complete text, split into 271 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #39593.
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Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories
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This edition of Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #39593, divided into 3 chapters and 271 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 Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #39593 and divided into 271 sections.
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How is Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories divided for reading?
Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 271 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 3 chapters.
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Every sentence of Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories 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 Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories
Common questions about reading Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories?
Yes. All 1353 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #39593 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #39593, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories take to read?
About 112 minutes of reading across 271 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories
Words and structures a reader meets early in Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Little
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Colonel
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- Giant
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- Scissors
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