Letters from My Windmill
Letters from My Windmill by Alphonse Daudet is available here as the complete text, split into 596 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Letters from My Windmill by Alphonse Daudet. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #30442.
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Letters from My Windmill
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This edition of Letters from My Windmill by Alphonse Daudet carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #30442, divided into 7 chapters and 596 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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This page carries the whole of Letters from My Windmill by Alphonse Daudet, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #30442, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2978 sentences across 7 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 Letters from My Windmill divided for reading?
Letters from My Windmill is presented in 7 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Letters from My Windmill as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 596 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 7 chapters.
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Every sentence of Letters from My Windmill 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 Letters from My Windmill?
Yes. All 2978 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #30442 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Letters from My Windmill is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #30442, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Letters from My Windmill take to read?
About 248 minutes of reading across 596 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Letters from My Windmill
Words and structures a reader meets early in Letters from My Windmill, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Lighthouse
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Letters from My Windmill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sanguinaires
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Letters from My Windmill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Wreck
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Letters from My Windmill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Millante
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Letters from My Windmill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.