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Black Beauty
Black Beauty

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Black Beauty is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 4 of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell holds 177 sentences, grouped into 36 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 4 of Black Beauty contain?

Chapter 4 holds 177 sentences of Black Beauty, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 177 sentences, grouped into 36 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 4 of Black Beauty?

Work through the 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 36 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of Black Beauty?

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Which edition of Black Beauty is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #271, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Black Beauty take to read?

About 219 minutes of reading across 527 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Black Beauty section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Black Beauty

Words and structures a reader meets early in Black Beauty, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Black
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Black Beauty; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Beauty
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Black Beauty; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Autobiography
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Black Beauty; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Horse
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Black Beauty; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.
I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.
I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.
There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.
We went along merrily till we came to the toll-bar and the low wooden bridge.
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Black Beauty

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Black Beauty is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.
Line 2
I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.
Line 3
I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.
Line 4
There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.
Line 5
We went along merrily till we came to the toll-bar and the low wooden bridge.
All words in this reading · 59

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a

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across

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along

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From this reading I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.

always

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From this reading I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.

and

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From this reading I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.

autumn

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From this reading One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.

been

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blew

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bridge

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From this reading We went along merrily till we came to the toll-bar and the low wooden bridge.

business

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From this reading One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.

came

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From this reading We went along merrily till we came to the toll-bar and the low wooden bridge.

day

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From this reading One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.

deal

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From this reading There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.

dog-cart

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From this reading I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.

dry

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go

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great

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had

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From this reading One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.

high

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From this reading I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.

his

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From this reading I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.

I

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From this reading I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.

in

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From this reading One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.

into

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From this reading I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.

it

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From this reading I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.

John

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From this reading I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.

journey

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late

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leaves

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From this reading There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.

light

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From this reading I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.

liked

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From this reading I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.

long

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From this reading One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.

low

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From this reading We went along merrily till we came to the toll-bar and the low wooden bridge.

master

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From this reading One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.

merrily

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From this reading We went along merrily till we came to the toll-bar and the low wooden bridge.

my

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From this reading One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.

now

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From this reading There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.

of

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From this reading There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.

on

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From this reading One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.

One

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pleasantly

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From this reading I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.

put

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From this reading I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.

rain

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From this reading There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.

ran

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From this reading I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.

road

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From this reading There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.

shower

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From this reading There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.

so

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From this reading I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.

the

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From this reading One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.

There

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From this reading There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.

till

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From this reading We went along merrily till we came to the toll-bar and the low wooden bridge.

to

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From this reading One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business.

toll-bar

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From this reading We went along merrily till we came to the toll-bar and the low wooden bridge.

very

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From this reading There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.

was

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From this reading I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.

We

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From this reading We went along merrily till we came to the toll-bar and the low wooden bridge.

went

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From this reading I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.

wheels

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From this reading I always liked to go in the dog-cart, it was so light and the high wheels ran along so pleasantly.

wind

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From this reading There had been a great deal of rain, and now the wind was very high and blew the dry leaves across the road in a shower.

with

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From this reading I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master.

wooden

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From this reading We went along merrily till we came to the toll-bar and the low wooden bridge.