Our Little Canadian Cousin
Our Little Canadian Cousin by Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald is available here as the complete text, split into 178 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Our Little Canadian Cousin by Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #43249.
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Our Little Canadian Cousin
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This edition of Our Little Canadian Cousin by Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #43249, divided into 10 chapters and 178 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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The complete text of Our Little Canadian Cousin is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #43249 and divided into 178 sections.
This page carries the whole of Our Little Canadian Cousin by Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #43249, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 888 sentences across 10 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 Our Little Canadian Cousin divided for reading?
Our Little Canadian Cousin is presented in 10 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Our Little Canadian Cousin as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 178 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 10 chapters.
Can I hear Our Little Canadian Cousin read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Our Little Canadian Cousin can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Our Little Canadian Cousin 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.
Questions about reading Our Little Canadian Cousin
Common questions about reading Our Little Canadian Cousin by Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Our Little Canadian Cousin?
Yes. All 888 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #43249 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Our Little Canadian Cousin is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #43249, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Our Little Canadian Cousin take to read?
About 74 minutes of reading across 178 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Our Little Canadian Cousin section by section
How to work through Our Little Canadian Cousin section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Vocabulary met early in Our Little Canadian Cousin
Words and structures a reader meets early in Our Little Canadian Cousin, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- First
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Our Little Canadian Cousin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Loveliest
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Our Little Canadian Cousin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Month
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Our Little Canadian Cousin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Suppose
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Our Little Canadian Cousin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.