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Marjorie's New Friend

Marjorie's New Friend by Carolyn Wells is available here as the complete text, split into 741 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Marjorie's New Friend by Carolyn Wells. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8887.

19 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 19 chapters

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This edition of Marjorie's New Friend by Carolyn Wells carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #8887, divided into 19 chapters and 741 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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This page carries the whole of Marjorie's New Friend by Carolyn Wells, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #8887, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3704 sentences across 19 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 Marjorie's New Friend divided for reading?

Marjorie's New Friend is presented in 19 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Marjorie's New Friend as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 741 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 19 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Every sentence of Marjorie's New Friend 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 Marjorie's New Friend?

Yes. All 3704 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #8887 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Marjorie's New Friend is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #8887, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Marjorie's New Friend take to read?

About 308 minutes of reading across 741 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Marjorie's New Friend section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Marjorie's New Friend

Words and structures a reader meets early in Marjorie's New Friend, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Christmas
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Marjorie's New Friend; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Maynard
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Marjorie's New Friend; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Household
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Marjorie's New Friend; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Delightful
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Marjorie's New Friend; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.