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Old Crow

Old Crow by Alice Brown is available here as the complete text, split into 2377 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Old Crow by Alice Brown. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #31372.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 29 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Old Crow

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This edition of Old Crow by Alice Brown carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #31372, divided into 29 chapters and 2377 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 Old Crow is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #31372 and divided into 2377 sections.

This page carries the whole of Old Crow by Alice Brown, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #31372, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 11881 sentences across 29 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 Old Crow divided for reading?

Old Crow is presented in 29 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Old Crow as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2377 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 29 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 Old Crow 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 Old Crow?

Yes. All 11881 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #31372 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Old Crow is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #31372, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Old Crow take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2377 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Old Crow

Words and structures a reader meets early in Old Crow, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Electrotyped: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Old Crow; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Published: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Old Crow; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
October: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Old Crow; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Raven: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Old Crow; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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Vocabulary met early in Old Crow