Chapter 1 of Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights. First Series. Note. The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited. The edition is designed virginibus puerisque.
Chapter 1 of Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting
From this reading “The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.”
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading “Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.”
United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
From this reading “Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.”
done or made or performed with purpose and intent
From this reading “The edition is designed virginibus puerisque.”
improved or corrected by critical editing
From this reading “The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.”
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “The edition is designed virginibus puerisque.”
the act of choosing or selecting
From this reading “The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.”
the words of something written
From this reading “The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.”
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From this reading The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.
(used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting
From this reading The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
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From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
done or made or performed with purpose and intent
From this reading The edition is designed virginibus puerisque.
improved or corrected by critical editing
From this reading The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading The edition is designed virginibus puerisque.
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First Series.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
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From this reading The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.
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From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
a brief written record
From this reading Note.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.
bring forth or yield
From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The edition is designed virginibus puerisque.
the act of choosing or selecting
From this reading The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading First Series.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
the words of something written
From this reading The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The text of the present selection from the Arabian Nights is that of Galland, 1821, slightly abridged and edited.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
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From this reading The edition is designed virginibus puerisque.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Produce by Wendy Crockett and JC Byers Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
Chapter 1 of Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights by E. [Editor] Dixon holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 1 holds 422 sentences of Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights by E. [Editor] Dixon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 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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Yes. All 2923 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #8599 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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About 243 minutes of reading across 585 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
