Songs Of The Road
Songs Of The Road by Arthur Conan Doyle is available here as the complete text, split into 104 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Songs Of The Road by Arthur Conan Doyle. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #21769.
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Songs Of The Road
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This edition of Songs Of The Road by Arthur Conan Doyle carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #21769, divided into 1 chapters and 104 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 Songs Of The Road in full?
The complete text of Songs Of The Road is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #21769 and divided into 104 sections.
This page carries the whole of Songs Of The Road by Arthur Conan Doyle, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #21769, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 517 sentences across 1 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 Songs Of The Road divided for reading?
Songs Of The Road is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Songs Of The Road as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 104 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 1 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 Songs Of The Road read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Songs Of The Road can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Songs Of The Road 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 Songs Of The Road
Common questions about reading Songs Of The Road by Arthur Conan Doyle on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Songs Of The Road?
Yes. All 517 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #21769 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Songs Of The Road is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #21769, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Songs Of The Road take to read?
About 43 minutes of reading across 104 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Songs Of The Road section by section
How to work through Songs Of The Road section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 1 chapters of Songs Of The Road to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in Songs Of The Road
Words and structures a reader meets early in Songs Of The Road, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Wanderer
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Songs Of The Road; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Bendy's
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Songs Of The Road; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sermon
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Songs Of The Road; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Philosophic
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Songs Of The Road; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.