The Chinese Boy and Girl
The Chinese Boy and Girl by Isaac Taylor Headland is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 267 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Chinese Boy and Girl by Isaac Taylor Headland. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #522.
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The Chinese Boy and Girl
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0 of 265 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.
This edition of The Chinese Boy and Girl by Isaac Taylor Headland carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #522, divided into 8 chapters and 267 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.
Where can I read The Chinese Boy and Girl in full?
The complete text of The Chinese Boy and Girl is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #522 and divided into 267 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Chinese Boy and Girl by Isaac Taylor Headland, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #522, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1335 sentences across 8 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 Chinese Boy and Girl divided for reading?
The Chinese Boy and Girl is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Chinese Boy and Girl as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 267 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 8 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.
Can I hear The Chinese Boy and Girl read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Chinese Boy and Girl can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Chinese Boy and Girl 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 Chinese Boy and Girl
Common questions about reading The Chinese Boy and Girl by Isaac Taylor Headland on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Chinese Boy and Girl?
Yes. All 1335 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #522 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Chinese Boy and Girl is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #522, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Chinese Boy and Girl take to read?
About 111 minutes of reading across 267 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Chinese Boy and Girl section by section
How to work through The Chinese Boy and Girl section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 8 chapters of The Chinese Boy and Girl to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in The Chinese Boy and Girl
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Chinese Boy and Girl, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Chinese Boy and Girl; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Chinese
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Chinese Boy and Girl; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Mother
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Chinese Boy and Girl; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Goose
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Chinese Boy and Girl; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.