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Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse

Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse by Edith Carrington is available here as the complete text, split into 193 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse by Edith Carrington. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63418.

12 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 12 chapters

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Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse

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  1. Chapter I 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II ‘Broken.’ 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III My New Master 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Furniture Dealer 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Sad Scenes of Life 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII My New Master, Benjamin Bunter 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Great Carnival 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Here and There 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X My Gentle Mistress 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Another Loss and a Disappointment 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Exit Blossom 21 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse by Edith Carrington carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #63418, divided into 12 chapters and 193 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 Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #63418 and divided into 193 sections.

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How is Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse divided for reading?

Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse is presented in 12 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 193 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 12 chapters.

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Every sentence of Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse 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 Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse

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Is this the complete text of Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse?

Yes. All 964 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #63418 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #63418, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse take to read?

About 80 minutes of reading across 193 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse

Words and structures a reader meets early in Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Blossom
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Story
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Horse
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Neddy
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.