Leave It to Doris
Leave It to Doris by Ethel Hueston is available here as the complete text, split into 729 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Leave it to Doris by Ethel Hueston. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #60273.
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Leave It to Doris
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This edition of Leave It to Doris by Ethel Hueston carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #60273, divided into 15 chapters and 729 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 Leave It to Doris is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #60273 and divided into 729 sections.
This page carries the whole of Leave It to Doris by Ethel Hueston, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #60273, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3644 sentences across 15 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 Leave It to Doris divided for reading?
Leave It to Doris is presented in 15 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Leave It to Doris as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 729 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 15 chapters.
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Every sentence of Leave It to Doris 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 Leave It to Doris
Common questions about reading Leave It to Doris by Ethel Hueston on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Leave It to Doris?
Yes. All 3644 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #60273 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Leave It to Doris is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #60273, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Leave It to Doris take to read?
About 303 minutes of reading across 729 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Leave It to Doris section by section
How to work through Leave It to Doris section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
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Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Vocabulary met early in Leave It to Doris
Words and structures a reader meets early in Leave It to Doris, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Leave It to Doris; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Prudence
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Leave It to Doris; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Parsonage
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Leave It to Doris; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- United
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Leave It to Doris; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.