The Child Wife
The Child Wife by Mayne Reid is available here as the complete text, split into 1727 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Child Wife by Mayne Reid. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35913.
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The Child Wife
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This edition of The Child Wife by Mayne Reid carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #35913, divided into 21 chapters and 1727 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 Child Wife is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #35913 and divided into 1727 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Child Wife by Mayne Reid, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #35913, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 8634 sentences across 21 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 Child Wife divided for reading?
The Child Wife is presented in 21 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Child Wife as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1727 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 21 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Child Wife can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Child Wife 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 Child Wife
Common questions about reading The Child Wife by Mayne Reid on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Child Wife?
Yes. All 8634 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #35913 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Child Wife is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #35913, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Child Wife take to read?
About 600 minutes of reading across 1727 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Child Wife section by section
How to work through The Child Wife section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Child Wife
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Child Wife, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Child
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Child Wife; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Captain
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Child Wife; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Mayne
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Child Wife; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Chapter
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Child Wife; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.