Brave and True Short stories for children
Brave and True Short stories for children by George Manville Fenn is available here as the complete text, split into 146 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Brave and True Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and Others by George Manville Fenn. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #21292.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
Brave and True Short stories for children
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0 of 145 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.
This edition of Brave and True Short stories for children by George Manville Fenn carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #21292, divided into 1 chapters and 146 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.
Where can I read Brave and True Short stories for children in full?
The complete text of Brave and True Short stories for children is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #21292 and divided into 146 sections.
This page carries the whole of Brave and True Short stories for children by George Manville Fenn, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #21292, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 728 sentences across 1 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 Brave and True Short stories for children divided for reading?
Brave and True Short stories for children is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Brave and True Short stories for children as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 146 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 1 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.
Can I hear Brave and True Short stories for children read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Brave and True Short stories for children can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Brave and True Short stories for children 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 Brave and True Short stories for children
Common questions about reading Brave and True Short stories for children by George Manville Fenn on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Brave and True Short stories for children?
Yes. All 728 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #21292 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Brave and True Short stories for children is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #21292, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Brave and True Short stories for children take to read?
About 60 minutes of reading across 146 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Brave and True Short stories for children section by section
How to work through Brave and True Short stories for children section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 1 chapters of Brave and True Short stories for children to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in Brave and True Short stories for children
Words and structures a reader meets early in Brave and True Short stories for children, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Brave
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Brave and True Short stories for children; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Short
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Brave and True Short stories for children; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Stories
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Brave and True Short stories for children; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Children
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Brave and True Short stories for children; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.