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Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral

Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral by Margaret Pollock Sherwood is available here as the complete text, split into 307 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral by Margaret Pollock Sherwood. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2438.

17 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 17 chapters

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Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral

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This edition of Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral by Margaret Pollock Sherwood carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2438, divided into 17 chapters and 307 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 Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #2438 and divided into 307 sections.

This page carries the whole of Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral by Margaret Pollock Sherwood, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #2438, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1533 sentences across 17 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 Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral divided for reading?

Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral is presented in 17 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 307 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 17 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 Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral 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 Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral?

Yes. All 1533 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2438 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #2438, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral take to read?

About 127 minutes of reading across 307 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral

Words and structures a reader meets early in Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Excellency
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Politeness
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Daphne
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Slowly
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.