The Fairy Latchkey
The Fairy Latchkey by Magdalene Horsfall is available here as the complete text, split into 377 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Fairy Latchkey by Magdalene Horsfall. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63535.
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The Fairy Latchkey
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- Chapter I Which Introduces the Heroine, and Others
- Chapter II Which Introduces the Heroine’s Godmother
- Chapter III Which Tells of a Key-Hole in a Wall
- Chapter IV Which Introduces Sweet William
- Chapter V In Which the Heroine Distinguishes Herself
- Chapter VI In Which the Heroine Takes Advice
- Chapter VII In Which Master Mustardseed Tells His Story
- Chapter VIII In Which the Heroine Makes the First Use of Her Latchkey
- Chapter IX In Which Sweet William Tells a Story
- Chapter X In Which the Heroine Has a Birthday
- Chapter XI In Which the Heroine Is Given a Letter of Introduction
- Chapter XII In Which the Heroine Presents Her Letter of Introduction
- Chapter XIII In Which Great Good Fortune Befalls the Heroine
- Chapter XIV In Which the Merman Tells His Story
- Chapter XV In Which the Twin Sisters Tell a Story Between Them
- Chapter XVI In Which the Heroine Hears Some Startling News
- Chapter XVII In Which Sweet William Tells Another Story
- Chapter XVIII Of Which the Scene Is Laid in a Sick-Room
- Chapter XIX In Which Queen Mab Tells Her Story
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI In Which the White Létiche Tells Her Story
- Chapter XXII
This edition of The Fairy Latchkey by Magdalene Horsfall carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #63535, divided into 22 chapters and 377 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 Fairy Latchkey is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #63535 and divided into 377 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Fairy Latchkey by Magdalene Horsfall, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #63535, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1881 sentences across 22 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 Fairy Latchkey divided for reading?
The Fairy Latchkey is presented in 22 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Fairy Latchkey as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 377 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 22 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Fairy Latchkey 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 Fairy Latchkey
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Is this the complete text of The Fairy Latchkey?
Yes. All 1881 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #63535 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Fairy Latchkey is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #63535, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Fairy Latchkey take to read?
About 156 minutes of reading across 377 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Fairy Latchkey section by section
How to work through The Fairy Latchkey section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Fairy Latchkey
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Fairy Latchkey, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Nothing
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Fairy Latchkey; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Remarkable
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Fairy Latchkey; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Excepting
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Fairy Latchkey; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Philom
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Fairy Latchkey; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.