The Adopted Daughter
The Adopted Daughter by Elizabeth Sandham is available here as the complete text, split into 158 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Adopted Daughter: A Tale for Young Persons by Elizabeth Sandham. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #42572.
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The Adopted Daughter
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This edition of The Adopted Daughter by Elizabeth Sandham carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #42572, divided into 15 chapters and 158 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 The Adopted Daughter is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #42572 and divided into 158 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Adopted Daughter by Elizabeth Sandham, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #42572, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 789 sentences across 15 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 The Adopted Daughter divided for reading?
The Adopted Daughter is presented in 15 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Adopted Daughter as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 158 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 15 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Adopted Daughter 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 The Adopted Daughter
Common questions about reading The Adopted Daughter by Elizabeth Sandham on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Adopted Daughter?
Yes. All 789 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #42572 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Adopted Daughter is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #42572, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Adopted Daughter take to read?
About 65 minutes of reading across 158 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Adopted Daughter section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Adopted Daughter
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Adopted Daughter, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Young
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- Persons
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- Sandham
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- Author
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