The Water Goats, and Other Troubles
The Water Goats, and Other Troubles by Ellis Parker Butler is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 192 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Water Goats, and Other Troubles by Ellis Parker Butler. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1285.
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The Water Goats, and Other Troubles
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This edition of The Water Goats, and Other Troubles by Ellis Parker Butler carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1285, divided into 5 chapters and 192 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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The complete text of The Water Goats, and Other Troubles is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #1285 and divided into 192 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Water Goats, and Other Troubles by Ellis Parker Butler, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1285, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 957 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 Water Goats, and Other Troubles divided for reading?
The Water Goats, and Other Troubles is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Water Goats, and Other Troubles as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 192 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 5 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
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Every sentence of The Water Goats, and Other Troubles 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 Water Goats, and Other Troubles
Common questions about reading The Water Goats, and Other Troubles by Ellis Parker Butler on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Water Goats, and Other Troubles?
Yes. All 957 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1285 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Water Goats, and Other Troubles is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #1285, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Water Goats, and Other Troubles take to read?
About 79 minutes of reading across 192 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Water Goats, and Other Troubles section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Water Goats, and Other Troubles
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Water Goats, and Other Troubles, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Flannery
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Water Goats, and Other Troubles; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Landscape
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Water Goats, and Other Troubles; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Gardener
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Water Goats, and Other Troubles; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Combing
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Water Goats, and Other Troubles; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.