What Every Woman Knows
What Every Woman Knows by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 642 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
What Every Woman Knows by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5654.
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What Every Woman Knows
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This edition of What Every Woman Knows by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #5654, divided into 8 chapters and 642 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 Every Woman Knows is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #5654 and divided into 642 sections.
This page carries the whole of What Every Woman Knows by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #5654, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3207 sentences across 8 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 Every Woman Knows divided for reading?
What Every Woman Knows is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting What Every Woman Knows as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 642 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 8 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 What Every Woman Knows can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of What Every Woman Knows 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 Every Woman Knows
Common questions about reading What Every Woman Knows by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of What Every Woman Knows?
Yes. All 3207 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #5654 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of What Every Woman Knows is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #5654, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does What Every Woman Knows take to read?
About 267 minutes of reading across 642 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read What Every Woman Knows section by section
How to work through What Every Woman Knows section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in What Every Woman Knows
Words and structures a reader meets early in What Every Woman Knows, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- James
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Every Woman Knows; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Wylie
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Every Woman Knows; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Dambrod
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Every Woman Knows; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Little
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Every Woman Knows; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.