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Bébée

Bébée by Ouida is available here as the complete text, split into 489 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Bébée by Ouida. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #13912.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 28 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Bébée

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  1. Chapter I 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Bébée by Ouida carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #13912, divided into 28 chapters and 489 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 Bébée is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #13912 and divided into 489 sections.

This page carries the whole of Bébée by Ouida, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #13912, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2443 sentences across 28 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 Bébée divided for reading?

Bébée is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Bébée as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 489 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 28 chapters.

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Every sentence of Bébée 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 Bébée

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Is this the complete text of Bébée?

Yes. All 2443 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #13912 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Bébée is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #13912, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Bébée take to read?

About 203 minutes of reading across 489 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Bébée section by section

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  2. Read one section

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Vocabulary met early in Bébée

Words and structures a reader meets early in Bébée, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Sprang
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bébée; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Daybreak
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bébée; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sixteen
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bébée; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Seemed
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bébée; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.