Shireen and Her Friends
Shireen and Her Friends by Gordon Stables is available here as the complete text, split into 723 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Shireen and her Friends: Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Gordon Stables. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #38236.
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Shireen and Her Friends
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This edition of Shireen and Her Friends by Gordon Stables carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #38236, divided into 9 chapters and 723 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 Shireen and Her Friends is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #38236 and divided into 723 sections.
This page carries the whole of Shireen and Her Friends by Gordon Stables, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #38236, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3613 sentences across 9 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 Shireen and Her Friends divided for reading?
Shireen and Her Friends is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Shireen and Her Friends as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 723 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 9 chapters.
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Every sentence of Shireen and Her 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 Shireen and Her Friends
Common questions about reading Shireen and Her Friends by Gordon Stables on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Shireen and Her Friends?
Yes. All 3613 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #38236 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Shireen and Her Friends is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #38236, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Shireen and Her Friends take to read?
About 301 minutes of reading across 723 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Shireen and Her Friends section by section
How to work through Shireen and Her Friends section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Shireen and Her Friends
Words and structures a reader meets early in Shireen and Her Friends, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Shireen
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Shireen and Her Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Friends
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Shireen and Her Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Pages
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Shireen and Her Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Persian
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Shireen and Her Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.