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What Diantha Did

What Diantha Did by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 779 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

What Diantha Did by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3016.

14 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 14 chapters

Course Syllabus

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What Diantha Did

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0 of 775 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of What Diantha Did by Charlotte Perkins Gilman carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3016, divided into 14 chapters and 779 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 What Diantha Did is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #3016 and divided into 779 sections.

This page carries the whole of What Diantha Did by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #3016, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3895 sentences across 14 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 What Diantha Did divided for reading?

What Diantha Did is presented in 14 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting What Diantha Did as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 779 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 14 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.

Can I hear What Diantha Did read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of What Diantha Did can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of What Diantha Did 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 What Diantha Did

Common questions about reading What Diantha Did by Charlotte Perkins Gilman on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of What Diantha Did?

Yes. All 3895 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3016 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of What Diantha Did is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #3016, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does What Diantha Did take to read?

About 324 minutes of reading across 779 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read What Diantha Did section by section

How to work through What Diantha Did section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

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  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in What Diantha Did

Words and structures a reader meets early in What Diantha Did, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Partner
A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Diantha Did; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Patron
A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Diantha Did; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Helpless
A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Diantha Did; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Hapless
A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Diantha Did; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.