Dream Life and Real Life
Dream Life and Real Life by Olive Schreiner is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 109 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Dream Life and Real Life: A Little African Story by Olive Schreiner. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1458.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
Dream Life and Real Life
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0 of 109 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.
This edition of Dream Life and Real Life by Olive Schreiner carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1458, divided into 2 chapters and 109 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.
Where can I read Dream Life and Real Life in full?
The complete text of Dream Life and Real Life is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #1458 and divided into 109 sections.
This page carries the whole of Dream Life and Real Life by Olive Schreiner, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1458, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 545 sentences across 2 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 Dream Life and Real Life divided for reading?
Dream Life and Real Life is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Dream Life and Real Life as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 109 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 2 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.
Can I hear Dream Life and Real Life read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Dream Life and Real Life can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Dream Life and Real Life 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 Dream Life and Real Life
Common questions about reading Dream Life and Real Life by Olive Schreiner on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Dream Life and Real Life?
Yes. All 545 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1458 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Dream Life and Real Life is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #1458, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Dream Life and Real Life take to read?
About 45 minutes of reading across 109 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Dream Life and Real Life section by section
How to work through Dream Life and Real Life section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 2 chapters of Dream Life and Real Life to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in Dream Life and Real Life
Words and structures a reader meets early in Dream Life and Real Life, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dream Life and Real Life; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Story
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dream Life and Real Life; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- African
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dream Life and Real Life; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Dreams
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dream Life and Real Life; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.