Woodcock's Little Game
Woodcock's Little Game by John Maddison Morton is available here as the complete text, split into 162 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Woodcock's Little Game: A Comedy-Farce, In Two Acts by John Maddison Morton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #57451.
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Woodcock's Little Game
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This edition of Woodcock's Little Game by John Maddison Morton carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #57451, divided into 2 chapters and 162 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.
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The complete text of Woodcock's Little Game is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #57451 and divided into 162 sections.
This page carries the whole of Woodcock's Little Game by John Maddison Morton, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #57451, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 809 sentences across 2 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 Woodcock's Little Game divided for reading?
Woodcock's Little Game is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Woodcock's Little Game as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 162 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 sections are gathered into 2 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Woodcock's Little Game can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Woodcock's Little Game 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 Woodcock's Little Game
Common questions about reading Woodcock's Little Game by John Maddison Morton on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Woodcock's Little Game?
Yes. All 809 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #57451 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Woodcock's Little Game is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #57451, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Woodcock's Little Game take to read?
About 67 minutes of reading across 162 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Woodcock's Little Game section by section
How to work through Woodcock's Little Game section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Woodcock's Little Game
Words and structures a reader meets early in Woodcock's Little Game, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Indeed
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Woodcock's Little Game; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Colonel
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Woodcock's Little Game; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Especially
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Woodcock's Little Game; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Horseback
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Woodcock's Little Game; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.