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Children of the Ghetto

Children of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill is available here as the complete text, split into 2633 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #12680.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 38 chapters

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Children of the Ghetto

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0 of 2622 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of Children of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #12680, divided into 38 chapters and 2633 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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The complete text of Children of the Ghetto is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #12680 and divided into 2633 sections.

This page carries the whole of Children of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #12680, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 13165 sentences across 38 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 Children of the Ghetto divided for reading?

Children of the Ghetto is presented in 38 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Children of the Ghetto as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2633 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 38 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.

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Every sentence of Children of the Ghetto 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 Children of the Ghetto?

Yes. All 13165 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #12680 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Children of the Ghetto is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #12680, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Children of the Ghetto take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2633 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Children of the Ghetto

Words and structures a reader meets early in Children of the Ghetto, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Bread: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Children of the Ghetto; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Affliction: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Children of the Ghetto; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Called: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Children of the Ghetto; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Street: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Children of the Ghetto; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

Children of the Ghetto

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Questions about reading Children of the Ghetto

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Vocabulary met early in Children of the Ghetto