Bessie at the Sea-Side
Bessie at the Sea-Side by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews is available here as the complete text, split into 717 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Bessie at the Sea-Side by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44780.
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Bessie at the Sea-Side
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This edition of Bessie at the Sea-Side by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #44780, divided into 9 chapters and 717 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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How is Bessie at the Sea-Side divided for reading?
Bessie at the Sea-Side is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Bessie at the Sea-Side as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 717 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 9 chapters.
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Every sentence of Bessie at the Sea-Side 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 Bessie at the Sea-Side?
Yes. All 3585 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44780 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Bessie at the Sea-Side is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #44780, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Bessie at the Sea-Side take to read?
About 298 minutes of reading across 717 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Bessie at the Sea-Side
Words and structures a reader meets early in Bessie at the Sea-Side, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Books
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bessie at the Sea-Side; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Joanna
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- Mathews
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- Bessie
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bessie at the Sea-Side; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.