Granny's Wonderful Chair
Granny's Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne is available here as the complete text, split into 203 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Granny's Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #26018.
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Granny's Wonderful Chair
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This edition of Granny's Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #26018, divided into 6 chapters and 203 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 Granny's Wonderful Chair is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #26018 and divided into 203 sections.
This page carries the whole of Granny's Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #26018, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1013 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 Granny's Wonderful Chair divided for reading?
Granny's Wonderful Chair is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Granny's Wonderful Chair as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 203 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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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Granny's Wonderful Chair can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Granny's Wonderful Chair 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 Granny's Wonderful Chair
Common questions about reading Granny's Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Granny's Wonderful Chair?
Yes. All 1013 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #26018 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Granny's Wonderful Chair is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #26018, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Granny's Wonderful Chair take to read?
About 84 minutes of reading across 203 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Granny's Wonderful Chair section by section
How to work through Granny's Wonderful Chair section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Granny's Wonderful Chair
Words and structures a reader meets early in Granny's Wonderful Chair, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Blackie
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Granny's Wonderful Chair; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- London
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Granny's Wonderful Chair; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Glasgow
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Granny's Wonderful Chair; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Bombay
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Granny's Wonderful Chair; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.