Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat
Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat by Josephine Lawrence is available here as the complete text, split into 444 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat by Josephine Lawrence. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53815.
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Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat
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This edition of Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat by Josephine Lawrence carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #53815, divided into 21 chapters and 444 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 Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #53815 and divided into 444 sections.
This page carries the whole of Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat by Josephine Lawrence, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #53815, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2218 sentences across 21 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.
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Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat is presented in 21 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 444 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 21 chapters.
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Every sentence of Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat 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 Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat?
Yes. All 2218 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #53815 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #53815, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat take to read?
About 184 minutes of reading across 444 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat
Words and structures a reader meets early in Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Hurry
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Protested
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Elizabeth
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- Wanted
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