David's Little Lad
David's Little Lad by L. T. Meade is available here as the complete text, split into 610 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
David's Little Lad by L. T. Meade. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #43119.
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David's Little Lad
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This edition of David's Little Lad by L. T. Meade carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #43119, divided into 7 chapters and 610 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 David's Little Lad is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #43119 and divided into 610 sections.
This page carries the whole of David's Little Lad by L. T. Meade, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #43119, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3049 sentences across 7 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 David's Little Lad divided for reading?
David's Little Lad is presented in 7 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting David's Little Lad as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 610 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 7 chapters.
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Every sentence of David's Little Lad 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 David's Little Lad?
Yes. All 3049 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #43119 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of David's Little Lad is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #43119, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does David's Little Lad take to read?
About 254 minutes of reading across 610 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in David's Little Lad
Words and structures a reader meets early in David's Little Lad, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- David's
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- Little
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- Meade
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- Illustrations
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