Flip's "Islands of Providence"
Flip's "Islands of Providence" by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston is available here as the complete text, split into 222 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Flip's "Islands of Providence" by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #25978.
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Flip's "Islands of Providence"
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This edition of Flip's "Islands of Providence" by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #25978, divided into 6 chapters and 222 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 Flip's "Islands of Providence" is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #25978 and divided into 222 sections.
This page carries the whole of Flip's "Islands of Providence" by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #25978, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1106 sentences across 6 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 Flip's "Islands of Providence" divided for reading?
Flip's "Islands of Providence" is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Flip's "Islands of Providence" as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 222 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 6 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 Flip's "Islands of Providence" 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 Flip's "Islands of Providence"
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Is this the complete text of Flip's "Islands of Providence"?
Yes. All 1106 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #25978 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Flip's "Islands of Providence" is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #25978, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Flip's "Islands of Providence" take to read?
About 92 minutes of reading across 222 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Flip's "Islands of Providence" section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Flip's "Islands of Providence"
Words and structures a reader meets early in Flip's "Islands of Providence", each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Carefully
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Flip's "Islands of Providence"; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Locking
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Flip's "Islands of Providence"; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Little
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Flip's "Islands of Providence"; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Gable
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Flip's "Islands of Providence"; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.