Out of Mulberry Street
Out of Mulberry Street by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis is available here as the complete text, split into 601 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Out of Mulberry Street: Stories of Tenement life in New York City by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #38419.
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Out of Mulberry Street
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This edition of Out of Mulberry Street by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #38419, divided into 7 chapters and 601 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 Out of Mulberry Street is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #38419 and divided into 601 sections.
This page carries the whole of Out of Mulberry Street by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #38419, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3002 sentences across 7 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 Out of Mulberry Street divided for reading?
Out of Mulberry Street is presented in 7 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Out of Mulberry Street as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 601 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 7 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Out of Mulberry Street?
Yes. All 3002 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #38419 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Out of Mulberry Street is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #38419, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Out of Mulberry Street take to read?
About 250 minutes of reading across 601 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Out of Mulberry Street
Words and structures a reader meets early in Out of Mulberry Street, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Stories
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Out of Mulberry Street; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Tenement
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Out of Mulberry Street; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Author
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- Other
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