Hester's Counterpart
Hester's Counterpart by Jean K. (Jean Katherine) Baird is available here as the complete text, split into 1017 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Hester's Counterpart: A Story of Boarding School Life by Jean K. (Jean Katherine) Baird. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #26973.
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Hester's Counterpart
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This edition of Hester's Counterpart by Jean K. (Jean Katherine) Baird carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #26973, divided into 17 chapters and 1017 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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Hester's Counterpart is presented in 17 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Hester's Counterpart as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1017 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 17 chapters.
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Every sentence of Hester's Counterpart 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 Hester's Counterpart?
Yes. All 5085 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #26973 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Hester's Counterpart is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #26973, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Hester's Counterpart take to read?
About 423 minutes of reading across 1017 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Hester's Counterpart section by section
How to work through Hester's Counterpart section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Hester's Counterpart
Words and structures a reader meets early in Hester's Counterpart, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Debby
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Hester's Counterpart; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Alden
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Hester's Counterpart; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Adjective
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Hester's Counterpart; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Regard
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Hester's Counterpart; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.