Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children
Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children by G. R. (Geraldine Robertson) Glasgow is available here as the complete text, split into 233 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children by G. R. (Geraldine Robertson) Glasgow. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #18437.
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Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children
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This edition of Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children by G. R. (Geraldine Robertson) Glasgow carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #18437, divided into 13 chapters and 233 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 Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #18437 and divided into 233 sections.
This page carries the whole of Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children by G. R. (Geraldine Robertson) Glasgow, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #18437, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1163 sentences across 13 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 Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children divided for reading?
Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 233 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 13 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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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children 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 Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children
Common questions about reading Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children by G. R. (Geraldine Robertson) Glasgow on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children?
Yes. All 1163 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #18437 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #18437, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children take to read?
About 96 minutes of reading across 233 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children section by section
How to work through Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children
Words and structures a reader meets early in Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Beauchamp
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Stuffy
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Third-class
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Carriage
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.