The Sick-a-Bed Lady
The Sick-a-Bed Lady by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott is available here as the complete text, split into 902 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34829.
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The Sick-a-Bed Lady
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This edition of The Sick-a-Bed Lady by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #34829, divided into 11 chapters and 902 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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How is The Sick-a-Bed Lady divided for reading?
The Sick-a-Bed Lady is presented in 11 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Sick-a-Bed Lady as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 902 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 11 chapters.
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Questions about reading The Sick-a-Bed Lady
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Is this the complete text of The Sick-a-Bed Lady?
Yes. All 4508 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #34829 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Sick-a-Bed Lady is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #34829, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Sick-a-Bed Lady take to read?
About 375 minutes of reading across 902 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Sick-a-Bed Lady section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Sick-a-Bed Lady
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Sick-a-Bed Lady, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Remember
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Sick-a-Bed Lady; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Where
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- Mouth
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- Frontispiece
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