The Staying Guest
The Staying Guest by Carolyn Wells is available here as the complete text, split into 457 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Staying Guest by Carolyn Wells. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #45545.
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The Staying Guest
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- Chapter I Primrose Hall
- Chapter II Ladybird
- Chapter III A Guest for the Night
- Chapter IV A Few Questions
- Chapter V Another Attempt
- Chapter VI Up a Tree
- Chapter VII Civil War
- Chapter VIII Stella Russell
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X A Self-Made Burglar
- Chapter XI A Matrimonial Bureau
- Chapter XII A Scriptural Command
- Chapter XIII A Ridiculous Party
- Chapter XIV Some Letters
- Chapter XV The Arrival of the Earl
- Chapter XVI Ladybird Triumphant
- Chapter XVII In the Apple-Tree
- Chapter XVIII Lavinia Lovell
- Chapter XIX LADYBIRD _vs._ LAVINIA
- Chapter XX Half-Sisters
- Chapter XXI An Orchard Wedding
This edition of The Staying Guest by Carolyn Wells carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #45545, divided into 21 chapters and 457 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 Staying Guest is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #45545 and divided into 457 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Staying Guest by Carolyn Wells, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #45545, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2285 sentences across 21 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 Staying Guest divided for reading?
The Staying Guest is presented in 21 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Staying Guest as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 457 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 21 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Staying Guest 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 Staying Guest
Common questions about reading The Staying Guest by Carolyn Wells on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Staying Guest?
Yes. All 2285 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #45545 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Staying Guest is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #45545, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Staying Guest take to read?
About 190 minutes of reading across 457 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Staying Guest section by section
How to work through The Staying Guest section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Staying Guest
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Staying Guest, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Hills
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Staying Guest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Quaint
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Staying Guest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Little
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Staying Guest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Safely
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Staying Guest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.