Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat
Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat by Carolyn Wells is available here as the complete text, split into 363 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat by Carolyn Wells. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8386.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat
Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.
0 of 357 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.
This edition of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat by Carolyn Wells carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #8386, divided into 13 chapters and 363 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.
Where can I read Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat in full?
The complete text of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #8386 and divided into 363 sections.
This page carries the whole of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat by Carolyn Wells, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #8386, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1812 sentences across 13 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 Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat divided for reading?
Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 363 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 13 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.
Can I hear Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat 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 Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat
Common questions about reading Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat by Carolyn Wells on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat?
Yes. All 1812 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #8386 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #8386, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat take to read?
About 151 minutes of reading across 363 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat section by section
How to work through Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
-
Open a chapter
Choose one of the 13 chapters of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat to begin.
-
Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
-
Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat
Words and structures a reader meets early in Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Pittsburgh
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Block
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Where
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Three
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.