Bessie on Her Travels
Bessie on Her Travels by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews is available here as the complete text, split into 588 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Bessie on Her Travels by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #52214.
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Bessie on Her Travels
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This edition of Bessie on Her Travels by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #52214, divided into 7 chapters and 588 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 Bessie on Her Travels is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #52214 and divided into 588 sections.
This page carries the whole of Bessie on Her Travels by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #52214, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2938 sentences across 7 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 Bessie on Her Travels divided for reading?
Bessie on Her Travels is presented in 7 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Bessie on Her Travels as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 588 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 7 chapters.
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Every sentence of Bessie on Her Travels 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 Bessie on Her Travels
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Is this the complete text of Bessie on Her Travels?
Yes. All 2938 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #52214 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Bessie on Her Travels is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #52214, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Bessie on Her Travels take to read?
About 244 minutes of reading across 588 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Bessie on Her Travels
Words and structures a reader meets early in Bessie on Her Travels, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Bessie
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bessie on Her Travels; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Travels
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bessie on Her Travels; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Books
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bessie on Her Travels; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Joanna
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bessie on Her Travels; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.