Old Friends and New Fancies
Old Friends and New Fancies by Sybil G. (Sybil Grace) Brinton is available here as the complete text, split into 776 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Old friends and new fancies by Sybil G. (Sybil Grace) Brinton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #43741.
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Old Friends and New Fancies
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
This edition of Old Friends and New Fancies by Sybil G. (Sybil Grace) Brinton carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #43741, divided into 27 chapters and 776 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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Old Friends and New Fancies is presented in 27 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Old Friends and New Fancies as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 776 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 27 chapters.
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Every sentence of Old Friends and New Fancies 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 Friends and New Fancies?
Yes. All 3878 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #43741 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Old Friends and New Fancies is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #43741, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Old Friends and New Fancies take to read?
About 323 minutes of reading across 776 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Old Friends and New Fancies
Words and structures a reader meets early in Old Friends and New Fancies, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Characteristic
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Old Friends and New Fancies; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Safely
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- Belong
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- Nearly
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