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Captivating Mary Carstairs

Captivating Mary Carstairs by Henry Sydnor Harrison is available here as the complete text, split into 1176 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Captivating Mary Carstairs by Henry Sydnor Harrison. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9993.

23 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 23 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

Captivating Mary Carstairs

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0 of 1168 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 88 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Chapter 23 80 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Captivating Mary Carstairs by Henry Sydnor Harrison carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #9993, divided into 23 chapters and 1176 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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How is Captivating Mary Carstairs divided for reading?

Captivating Mary Carstairs is presented in 23 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Captivating Mary Carstairs as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1176 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 23 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 Captivating Mary Carstairs read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Captivating Mary Carstairs can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of Captivating Mary Carstairs 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 Captivating Mary Carstairs?

Yes. All 5879 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #9993 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Captivating Mary Carstairs is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #9993, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Captivating Mary Carstairs take to read?

About 489 minutes of reading across 1176 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Captivating Mary Carstairs section by section

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  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in Captivating Mary Carstairs

Words and structures a reader meets early in Captivating Mary Carstairs, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Quaint
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Captivating Mary Carstairs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Little
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Captivating Mary Carstairs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
House
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Captivating Mary Carstairs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Uptown
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Captivating Mary Carstairs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.