Her Christmas at the Hermitage
Her Christmas at the Hermitage by Helen Topping Miller is available here as the complete text, split into 222 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Her Christmas at the Hermitage: A Tale About Rachel and Andrew Jackson by Helen Topping Miller. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #65782.
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Her Christmas at the Hermitage
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This edition of Her Christmas at the Hermitage by Helen Topping Miller carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #65782, divided into 2 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.
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How is Her Christmas at the Hermitage divided for reading?
Her Christmas at the Hermitage is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Her Christmas at the Hermitage 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 sections are gathered into 2 chapters.
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Every sentence of Her Christmas at the Hermitage 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 Her Christmas at the Hermitage?
Yes. All 1110 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #65782 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Her Christmas at the Hermitage is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #65782, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Her Christmas at the Hermitage take to read?
About 92 minutes of reading across 222 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Her Christmas at the Hermitage
Words and structures a reader meets early in Her Christmas at the Hermitage, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Rachel
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Her Christmas at the Hermitage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Andrew
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- Jackson
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- Christmas
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