More about Pixie
More about Pixie by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey is available here as the complete text, split into 890 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
More about Pixie by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #21122.
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More about Pixie
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This edition of More about Pixie by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #21122, divided into 11 chapters and 890 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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The complete text of More about Pixie is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #21122 and divided into 890 sections.
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How is More about Pixie divided for reading?
More about Pixie is presented in 11 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting More about Pixie as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 890 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 11 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 More about Pixie 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 More about Pixie?
Yes. All 4449 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #21122 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of More about Pixie is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #21122, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does More about Pixie take to read?
About 370 minutes of reading across 890 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in More about Pixie
Words and structures a reader meets early in More about Pixie, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Pixie
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of More about Pixie; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Horne
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- Vaizey
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- Another
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