Chapter 1 of Jasper is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Jasper is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jasper, by Mrs Molesworth. ________________________________________________________________________ JASPER, BY MRS MOLESWORTH. CHAPTER ONE. "STOCKINGS." Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.
Chapter 1 of Jasper is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading “Jasper, by Mrs Molesworth.”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “Jasper, by Mrs Molesworth.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.”
plural of “stocking” — close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
From this reading “"STOCKINGS."”
plural of “toe” — one of the digits of the foot
From this reading “Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.”
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Jasper, by Mrs Molesworth.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading Jasper, by Mrs Molesworth.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jasper, by Mrs Molesworth.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Jasper, by Mrs Molesworth.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.
plural of “stocking” — close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
From this reading "STOCKINGS."
plural of “toe” — one of the digits of the foot
From this reading Chrissie Fortescue sat looking at her toes.
Chapter 1 of Jasper by Mrs. Molesworth holds 460 sentences, grouped into 92 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 460 sentences of Jasper, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Jasper by Mrs. Molesworth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 460 sentences, grouped into 92 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 92 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 92 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #43128, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 226 minutes of reading across 545 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Jasper section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 6 chapters of Jasper to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Jasper, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
