Old Lady Mary
Old Lady Mary by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant is available here as the complete text, split into 265 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Old Lady Mary: A Story of the Seen and the Unseen by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #10049.
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Old Lady Mary
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This edition of Old Lady Mary by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #10049, divided into 3 chapters and 265 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 Lady Mary is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #10049 and divided into 265 sections.
This page carries the whole of Old Lady Mary by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #10049, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1321 sentences across 3 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 Lady Mary divided for reading?
Old Lady Mary is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Old Lady Mary as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 265 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 3 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 Lady Mary 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 Lady Mary?
Yes. All 1321 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #10049 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Old Lady Mary is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #10049, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Old Lady Mary take to read?
About 110 minutes of reading across 265 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Old Lady Mary section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Old Lady Mary
Words and structures a reader meets early in Old Lady Mary, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Story
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Old Lady Mary; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Unseen
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Old Lady Mary; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Therefore
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Old Lady Mary; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Aware
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Old Lady Mary; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.