The Little Russian Servant
The Little Russian Servant by Henry Gréville is available here as the complete text, split into 67 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Little Russian Servant by Henry Gréville. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #27103.
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The Little Russian Servant
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This edition of The Little Russian Servant by Henry Gréville carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #27103, divided into 1 chapters and 67 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 Little Russian Servant is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #27103 and divided into 67 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Little Russian Servant by Henry Gréville, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #27103, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 333 sentences across 1 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 Little Russian Servant divided for reading?
The Little Russian Servant is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Little Russian Servant as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 67 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 1 chapters.
Can I hear The Little Russian Servant read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Little Russian Servant can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Little Russian Servant 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 Little Russian Servant
Common questions about reading The Little Russian Servant by Henry Gréville on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Little Russian Servant?
Yes. All 333 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #27103 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Little Russian Servant is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #27103, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Little Russian Servant take to read?
About 27 minutes of reading across 67 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Little Russian Servant section by section
How to work through The Little Russian Servant section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
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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 Little Russian Servant
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Little Russian Servant, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Little
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Little Russian Servant; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Russian
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Little Russian Servant; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Servant
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Little Russian Servant; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Henri
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Little Russian Servant; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.