The Red Cow and Her Friends
The Red Cow and Her Friends by Peter McArthur is available here as the complete text, split into 436 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Red Cow and Her Friends by Peter McArthur. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #48129.
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The Red Cow and Her Friends
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This edition of The Red Cow and Her Friends by Peter McArthur carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #48129, divided into 5 chapters and 436 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 Red Cow and Her Friends is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #48129 and divided into 436 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Red Cow and Her Friends by Peter McArthur, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #48129, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2178 sentences across 5 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 Red Cow and Her Friends divided for reading?
The Red Cow and Her Friends is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Red Cow and Her Friends as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 436 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 5 chapters.
Can I hear The Red Cow and Her Friends read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Red Cow and Her Friends can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Red Cow and Her Friends 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 Red Cow and Her Friends
Common questions about reading The Red Cow and Her Friends by Peter McArthur on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Red Cow and Her Friends?
Yes. All 2178 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #48129 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Red Cow and Her Friends is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #48129, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Red Cow and Her Friends take to read?
About 181 minutes of reading across 436 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Red Cow and Her Friends section by section
How to work through The Red Cow and Her Friends section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Vocabulary met early in The Red Cow and Her Friends
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Red Cow and Her Friends, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Cow and Her Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Pastures
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Cow and Her Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Green
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Cow and Her Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Prodigal
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Cow and Her Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.