Pixie O'Shaughnessy
Pixie O'Shaughnessy by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey is available here as the complete text, split into 876 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Pixie O'Shaughnessy by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #21101.
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Pixie O'Shaughnessy
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This edition of Pixie O'Shaughnessy by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #21101, divided into 10 chapters and 876 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 Pixie O'Shaughnessy is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #21101 and divided into 876 sections.
This page carries the whole of Pixie O'Shaughnessy by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #21101, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4378 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 Pixie O'Shaughnessy divided for reading?
Pixie O'Shaughnessy is presented in 10 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Pixie O'Shaughnessy as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 876 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 10 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 Pixie O'Shaughnessy 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 Pixie O'Shaughnessy?
Yes. All 4378 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #21101 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Pixie O'Shaughnessy is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #21101, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Pixie O'Shaughnessy take to read?
About 364 minutes of reading across 876 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Pixie O'Shaughnessy section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Pixie O'Shaughnessy
Words and structures a reader meets early in Pixie O'Shaughnessy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- George
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- Horne
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- Vaizey
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- Absolutely
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