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Child's Story of the Bible

Child's Story of the Bible by Mary A. (Mary Artemisia) Lathbury is available here as the complete text, split into 641 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Child's Story of the Bible by Mary A. (Mary Artemisia) Lathbury. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #25309.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Child's Story of the Bible

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0 of 625 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of Child's Story of the Bible by Mary A. (Mary Artemisia) Lathbury carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #25309, divided into 40 chapters and 641 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 Child's Story of the Bible is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #25309 and divided into 641 sections.

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How is Child's Story of the Bible divided for reading?

Child's Story of the Bible is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Child's Story of the Bible as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 641 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 40 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 Child's Story of the Bible 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 Child's Story of the Bible?

Yes. All 3202 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #25309 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Child's Story of the Bible is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #25309, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Child's Story of the Bible take to read?

About 266 minutes of reading across 641 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Child's Story of the Bible

Words and structures a reader meets early in Child's Story of the Bible, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Dewolfe: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Child's Story of the Bible; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Fiske: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Child's Story of the Bible; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Preface: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Child's Story of the Bible; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Mothers: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Child's Story of the Bible; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

Child's Story of the Bible

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Vocabulary met early in Child's Story of the Bible