What Maisie Knew
What Maisie Knew by Henry James is available here as the complete text, split into 1039 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
What Maisie Knew by Henry James. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #7118.
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What Maisie Knew
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This edition of What Maisie Knew by Henry James carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #7118, divided into 13 chapters and 1039 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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How is What Maisie Knew divided for reading?
What Maisie Knew is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting What Maisie Knew as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1039 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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Every sentence of What Maisie Knew 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 Maisie Knew
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Is this the complete text of What Maisie Knew?
Yes. All 5191 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #7118 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of What Maisie Knew is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #7118, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does What Maisie Knew take to read?
About 432 minutes of reading across 1039 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read What Maisie Knew section by section
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Vocabulary met early in What Maisie Knew
Words and structures a reader meets early in What Maisie Knew, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Litigation
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Maisie Knew; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Seemed
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Maisie Knew; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Interminable
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Maisie Knew; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Complicated
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of What Maisie Knew; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.