Christian Melville
Christian Melville by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant is available here as the complete text, split into 203 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Christian Melville by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #71919.
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Christian Melville
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This edition of Christian Melville by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #71919, divided into 15 chapters and 203 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 Christian Melville is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #71919 and divided into 203 sections.
This page carries the whole of Christian Melville by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #71919, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1011 sentences across 15 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 Christian Melville divided for reading?
Christian Melville is presented in 15 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Christian Melville as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 203 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 15 chapters.
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Every sentence of Christian Melville 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 Christian Melville
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Is this the complete text of Christian Melville?
Yes. All 1011 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #71919 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Christian Melville is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #71919, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Christian Melville take to read?
About 84 minutes of reading across 203 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Christian Melville section by section
How to work through Christian Melville section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Christian Melville
Words and structures a reader meets early in Christian Melville, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Christian
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Christian Melville; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Melville
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Christian Melville; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Christian Melville; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Matthew
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Christian Melville; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.