The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories
The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield is available here as the complete text, split into 750 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66871.
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The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories
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This edition of The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #66871, divided into 9 chapters and 750 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 Doves' Nest, and Other Stories is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #66871 and divided into 750 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #66871, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3749 sentences across 9 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 Doves' Nest, and Other Stories divided for reading?
The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 750 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 9 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories 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 Doves' Nest, and Other Stories
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Is this the complete text of The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories?
Yes. All 3749 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #66871 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #66871, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories take to read?
About 312 minutes of reading across 750 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories section by section
How to work through The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Reverence
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Angel
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- World
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Published
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.