Sandman's rainy day stories
Sandman's rainy day stories by Abbie Phillips Walker is available here as the complete text, split into 326 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Sandman's rainy day stories by Abbie Phillips Walker. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #68589.
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Sandman's rainy day stories
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This edition of Sandman's rainy day stories by Abbie Phillips Walker carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #68589, divided into 4 chapters and 326 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 Sandman's rainy day stories is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #68589 and divided into 326 sections.
This page carries the whole of Sandman's rainy day stories by Abbie Phillips Walker, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #68589, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1628 sentences across 4 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 Sandman's rainy day stories divided for reading?
Sandman's rainy day stories is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Sandman's rainy day stories as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 326 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 4 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Sandman's rainy day stories can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Sandman's rainy day stories 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 Sandman's rainy day stories
Common questions about reading Sandman's rainy day stories by Abbie Phillips Walker on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Sandman's rainy day stories?
Yes. All 1628 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #68589 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Sandman's rainy day stories is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #68589, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Sandman's rainy day stories take to read?
About 135 minutes of reading across 326 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Sandman's rainy day stories section by section
How to work through Sandman's rainy day stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Sandman's rainy day stories
Words and structures a reader meets early in Sandman's rainy day stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Abbie
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sandman's rainy day stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Phillips
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- Walker
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- Illustrated
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