Streets, and Other Verses
Streets, and Other Verses by Douglas Goldring is available here as the complete text, split into 113 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Streets, and Other Verses
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This edition of Streets, and Other Verses by Douglas Goldring carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #59078, divided into 1 chapters and 113 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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This page carries the whole of Streets, and Other Verses by Douglas Goldring, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #59078, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 561 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.
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Streets, and Other Verses is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Streets, and Other Verses as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 113 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 1 chapters.
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Every sentence of Streets, and Other Verses 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.
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Is this the complete text of Streets, and Other Verses?
Yes. All 561 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #59078 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Streets, and Other Verses is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #59078, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Streets, and Other Verses take to read?
About 46 minutes of reading across 113 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Streets, and Other Verses
Words and structures a reader meets early in Streets, and Other Verses, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
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- Pieces
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- Contained
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- Collection
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