Madeline
Madeline by Mary Jane Holmes is available here as the complete text, split into 648 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Madeline by Mary Jane Holmes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #74902.
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Madeline
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- Chapter I The Examining Committee
- Chapter II Madeline Clyde
- Chapter III The Examination
- Chapter IV Grandpa Markham
- Chapter V The Result
- Chapter VI Convalescence
- Chapter VII The Drive
- Chapter VIII Shadowings of What Was to Be
- Chapter IX The Decision
- Chapter X At Aikenside
- Chapter XI Guy at Home
- Chapter XII Lucy’s Letter
- Chapter XIII Gossip
- Chapter XIV Maddy and Lucy
- Chapter XV The Holidays
- Chapter XVI The Doctor and Maddy
- Chapter XVII Womanhood
- Chapter XVIII The Burden
- Chapter XIX Life at the Cottage
- Chapter XX The Burden Grows Heavier
- Chapter XXI The Interval Before the Marriage
- Chapter XXII Before the Bridal
- Chapter XXIII Lucy
- Chapter XXIV Finale
This edition of Madeline by Mary Jane Holmes carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #74902, divided into 24 chapters and 648 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 Madeline by Mary Jane Holmes, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #74902, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3239 sentences across 24 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.
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Madeline is presented in 24 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Madeline as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 648 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 24 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Madeline?
Yes. All 3239 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #74902 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Madeline is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #74902, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Madeline take to read?
About 269 minutes of reading across 648 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Madeline section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Madeline
Words and structures a reader meets early in Madeline, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Twenty-five
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- Years
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- People
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- Devonshire
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