Chapter 4 of Blix is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chapter 4 of Blix by Frank Norris holds 452 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
Chapter 4 holds 452 sentences of Blix, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Blix by Frank Norris exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 452 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
Work through the 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 91 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.
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About 319 minutes of reading across 767 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Blix section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 14 chapters of Blix to begin.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Blix, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of Blix is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, but the STORY of it!" exclaimed Condy as he and Travis regained the wharf--"the story of it! Isn't it a ripper. Isn't it a corker! His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Chapter 4 of Blix is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/91 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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From this reading Isn't it a ripper.
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From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
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From this reading exclaimed Condy as he and Travis regained the wharf--"the story of it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading exclaimed Condy as he and Travis regained the wharf--"the story of it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, but the STORY of it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading exclaimed Condy as he and Travis regained the wharf--"the story of it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Isn't it a corker!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading exclaimed Condy as he and Travis regained the wharf--"the story of it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading exclaimed Condy as he and Travis regained the wharf--"the story of it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Isn't it a ripper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, but the STORY of it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, but the STORY of it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, but the STORY of it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading exclaimed Condy as he and Travis regained the wharf--"the story of it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Isn't it a ripper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, but the STORY of it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, but the STORY of it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading exclaimed Condy as he and Travis regained the wharf--"the story of it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His leaving her that way, and never caring for any other girl afterward."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading exclaimed Condy as he and Travis regained the wharf--"the story of it!
