The Stingy Receiver
The Stingy Receiver by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott is available here as the complete text, split into 399 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Stingy Receiver by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #49330.
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The Stingy Receiver
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This edition of The Stingy Receiver by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #49330, divided into 4 chapters and 399 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 Stingy Receiver is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #49330 and divided into 399 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Stingy Receiver by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #49330, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1993 sentences across 4 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 Stingy Receiver divided for reading?
The Stingy Receiver is presented in 4 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Stingy Receiver as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 399 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.
Can I hear The Stingy Receiver read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Stingy Receiver can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Stingy Receiver 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 Stingy Receiver
Common questions about reading The Stingy Receiver by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Stingy Receiver?
Yes. All 1993 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #49330 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Stingy Receiver is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #49330, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Stingy Receiver take to read?
About 166 minutes of reading across 399 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Stingy Receiver section by section
How to work through The Stingy Receiver section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 4 chapters of The Stingy Receiver to begin.
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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 Stingy Receiver
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Stingy Receiver, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Stingy Receiver; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Molly
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Stingy Receiver; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Believe
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Stingy Receiver; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- White
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Stingy Receiver; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.