The Friar's Daughter
The Friar's Daughter by Charles Lincoln Phifer is available here as the complete text, split into 363 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Friar's Daughter: A Story of the American Occupation of the Philippines by Charles Lincoln Phifer. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #47782.
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The Friar's Daughter
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This edition of The Friar's Daughter by Charles Lincoln Phifer carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #47782, divided into 4 chapters and 363 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 Friar's Daughter is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Friar's Daughter as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 363 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 4 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Friar's 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.
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Is this the complete text of The Friar's Daughter?
Yes. All 1813 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #47782 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Friar's Daughter is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #47782, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Friar's Daughter take to read?
About 151 minutes of reading across 363 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Friar's Daughter
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Friar's Daughter, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Story
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Friar's Daughter; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- American
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Friar's Daughter; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Occupation
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Friar's Daughter; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Philippines
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Friar's Daughter; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.