Chapter 1 of Mary is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Mary is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap. 8vo, cloth 3s. net. Synnoeve Solbakken. Arne. A Happy Boy.
Chapter 1 of Mary is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a youthful male person
From this reading “A Happy Boy.”
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “8vo, cloth 3s. net.”
improved or corrected by critical editing
From this reading “_THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “A Happy Boy.”
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading “8vo, cloth 3s. net.”
plural of “novel” — an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading “_THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.”
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.
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From this reading 8vo, cloth 3s. net.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 8vo, cloth 3s. net.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Happy Boy.
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From this reading Arne.
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From this reading _THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.
a youthful male person
From this reading A Happy Boy.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading 8vo, cloth 3s. net.
improved or corrected by critical editing
From this reading _THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading A Happy Boy.
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading 8vo, cloth 3s. net.
plural of “novel” — an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading _THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading 8vo, cloth 3s. net.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Synnoeve Solbakken.
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From this reading Synnoeve Solbakken.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON Edited by EDMUND GOSSE Fcap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 8vo, cloth 3s. net.
Chapter 1 of Mary by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 418 sentences of Mary, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Mary by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 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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About 306 minutes of reading across 736 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Mary, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
