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Citizen Bird

Citizen Bird by Mabel Osgood Wright is available here as the complete text, split into 949 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Mabel Osgood Wright. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #11896.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 31 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Citizen Bird

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0 of 936 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of Citizen Bird by Mabel Osgood Wright carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #11896, divided into 31 chapters and 949 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 Citizen Bird is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #11896 and divided into 949 sections.

This page carries the whole of Citizen Bird by Mabel Osgood Wright, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #11896, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4744 sentences across 31 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 Citizen Bird divided for reading?

Citizen Bird is presented in 31 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Citizen Bird as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 949 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 31 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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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Citizen Bird can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of Citizen Bird 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 Citizen Bird?

Yes. All 4744 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #11896 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Citizen Bird is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #11896, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Citizen Bird take to read?

About 395 minutes of reading across 949 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Citizen Bird

Words and structures a reader meets early in Citizen Bird, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Nathaniel: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Citizen Bird; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Theodora: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Citizen Bird; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Called: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Citizen Bird; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Short: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Citizen Bird; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

Citizen Bird

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