Strange Stories of the Great River
Strange Stories of the Great River by Abbie Johnston Grosvenor is available here as the complete text, split into 520 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Strange Stories of the Great River: The Adventures of a Boy Explorer by Abbie Johnston Grosvenor. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #48295.
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Strange Stories of the Great River
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This edition of Strange Stories of the Great River by Abbie Johnston Grosvenor carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #48295, divided into 6 chapters and 520 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 Strange Stories of the Great River is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #48295 and divided into 520 sections.
This page carries the whole of Strange Stories of the Great River by Abbie Johnston Grosvenor, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #48295, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2597 sentences across 6 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 Strange Stories of the Great River divided for reading?
Strange Stories of the Great River is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Strange Stories of the Great River as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 520 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 6 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Strange Stories of the Great River can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Strange Stories of the Great River 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 Strange Stories of the Great River
Common questions about reading Strange Stories of the Great River by Abbie Johnston Grosvenor on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Strange Stories of the Great River?
Yes. All 2597 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #48295 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Strange Stories of the Great River is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #48295, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Strange Stories of the Great River take to read?
About 216 minutes of reading across 520 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Strange Stories of the Great River section by section
How to work through Strange Stories of the Great River section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Strange Stories of the Great River
Words and structures a reader meets early in Strange Stories of the Great River, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- River
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Strange Stories of the Great River; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Pride
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Strange Stories of the Great River; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Continent
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Strange Stories of the Great River; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Father
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Strange Stories of the Great River; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.