Seven Little People and their Friends
Seven Little People and their Friends by Horace Elisha Scudder is available here as the complete text, split into 406 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Seven Little People and their Friends by Horace Elisha Scudder. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #24697.
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Seven Little People and their Friends
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This edition of Seven Little People and their Friends by Horace Elisha Scudder carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #24697, divided into 5 chapters and 406 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 Seven Little People and their Friends is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #24697 and divided into 406 sections.
This page carries the whole of Seven Little People and their Friends by Horace Elisha Scudder, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #24697, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2026 sentences across 5 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 Seven Little People and their Friends divided for reading?
Seven Little People and their Friends is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Seven Little People and their Friends as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 406 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 5 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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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Seven Little People and their Friends can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Seven Little People and their Friends 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 Seven Little People and their Friends
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Is this the complete text of Seven Little People and their Friends?
Yes. All 2026 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #24697 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Seven Little People and their Friends is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #24697, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Seven Little People and their Friends take to read?
About 168 minutes of reading across 406 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Seven Little People and their Friends section by section
How to work through Seven Little People and their Friends section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Seven Little People and their Friends
Words and structures a reader meets early in Seven Little People and their Friends, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Boston
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- Houghton
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- Mifflin
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- Company
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