Little Sally Waters
Little Sally Waters by Ethel Calvert Phillips is available here as the complete text, split into 302 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Little Sally Waters by Ethel Calvert Phillips. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #74022.
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Little Sally Waters
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This edition of Little Sally Waters by Ethel Calvert Phillips carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #74022, divided into 12 chapters and 302 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 Little Sally Waters is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #74022 and divided into 302 sections.
This page carries the whole of Little Sally Waters by Ethel Calvert Phillips, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #74022, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1507 sentences across 12 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 Little Sally Waters divided for reading?
Little Sally Waters is presented in 12 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Little Sally Waters as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 302 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 12 chapters.
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Every sentence of Little Sally Waters 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 Little Sally Waters
Common questions about reading Little Sally Waters by Ethel Calvert Phillips on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Little Sally Waters?
Yes. All 1507 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #74022 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Little Sally Waters is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #74022, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Little Sally Waters take to read?
About 125 minutes of reading across 302 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Little Sally Waters section by section
How to work through Little Sally Waters section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Little Sally Waters
Words and structures a reader meets early in Little Sally Waters, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Lived
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Little Sally Waters; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Little
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Little Sally Waters; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Named
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Little Sally Waters; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sally
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Little Sally Waters; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.