Peter Biddulph
Peter Biddulph by William Henry Giles Kingston is available here as the complete text, split into 252 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Peter Biddulph: The Story of an Australian Settler by William Henry Giles Kingston. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #23050.
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Peter Biddulph
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This edition of Peter Biddulph by William Henry Giles Kingston carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #23050, divided into 3 chapters and 252 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 Peter Biddulph is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #23050 and divided into 252 sections.
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How is Peter Biddulph divided for reading?
Peter Biddulph is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Peter Biddulph as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 252 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 Peter Biddulph 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 Peter Biddulph
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Is this the complete text of Peter Biddulph?
Yes. All 1257 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #23050 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Peter Biddulph is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #23050, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Peter Biddulph take to read?
About 104 minutes of reading across 252 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Peter Biddulph section by section
How to work through Peter Biddulph section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Peter Biddulph
Words and structures a reader meets early in Peter Biddulph, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Peter
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Peter Biddulph; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Biddulph
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Peter Biddulph; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Kingston
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- Peter's
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Peter Biddulph; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.