Beasts and Super-Beasts
Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 584 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #269.
This edition of Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #269, divided into 18 chapters and 584 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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Beasts and Super-Beasts is presented in 18 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Beasts and Super-Beasts as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 584 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 18 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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Common questions about reading Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Beasts and Super-Beasts?
Yes. All 2917 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #269 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Beasts and Super-Beasts is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #269, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Beasts and Super-Beasts take to read?
About 243 minutes of reading across 584 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Beasts and Super-Beasts section by section
How to work through Beasts and Super-Beasts section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Beasts and Super-Beasts
Words and structures a reader meets early in Beasts and Super-Beasts, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Window
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Beasts and Super-Beasts; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Schartz-metterklume
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Beasts and Super-Beasts; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Method
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Beasts and Super-Beasts; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Clovis
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Beasts and Super-Beasts; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
Beasts and Super-Beasts
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0 of 592 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.
- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
- Chapter XVI Chapter 16
- Chapter XVII Chapter 17
- Chapter XVIII Chapter 18