Sunshine Bill
Sunshine Bill by William Henry Giles Kingston is available here as the complete text, split into 448 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Sunshine Bill by William Henry Giles Kingston. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #21480.
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Sunshine Bill
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This edition of Sunshine Bill by William Henry Giles Kingston carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #21480, divided into 5 chapters and 448 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 Sunshine Bill is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #21480 and divided into 448 sections.
This page carries the whole of Sunshine Bill by William Henry Giles Kingston, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #21480, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2238 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 Sunshine Bill divided for reading?
Sunshine Bill is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Sunshine Bill as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 448 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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Every sentence of Sunshine Bill 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 Sunshine Bill
Common questions about reading Sunshine Bill by William Henry Giles Kingston on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Sunshine Bill?
Yes. All 2238 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #21480 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Sunshine Bill is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #21480, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Sunshine Bill take to read?
About 186 minutes of reading across 448 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Sunshine Bill section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Sunshine Bill
Words and structures a reader meets early in Sunshine Bill, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Sunshine
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sunshine Bill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Kingston
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sunshine Bill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Bill's
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sunshine Bill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Father
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sunshine Bill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.