Chapter 1 of Northern Lights is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Northern Lights is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Northern Lights. Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers. Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 The Right of Way. Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 A Ladder of Swords. Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 Pierre and His People.
Chapter 1 of Northern Lights is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers.”
steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
From this reading “Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 A Ladder of Swords.”
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading “Northern Lights.”
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “Northern Lights.”
capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
From this reading “Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 Pierre and His People.”
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading “Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers.”
plural of “sword” — a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading “Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 A Ladder of Swords.”
plural of “weaver” — a craftsman who weaves cloth
From this reading “Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers.”
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From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 A Ladder of Swords.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 Pierre and His People.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 Pierre and His People.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers.
steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 A Ladder of Swords.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading Northern Lights.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Northern Lights.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 The Right of Way.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 Pierre and His People.
capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 Pierre and His People.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 The Right of Way.
plural of “sword” — a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 A Ladder of Swords.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 The Right of Way.
plural of “weaver” — a craftsman who weaves cloth
From this reading Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers.
Chapter 1 of Northern Lights by Gilbert Parker holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 408 sentences of Northern Lights, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Northern Lights by Gilbert Parker exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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 6434 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #26905 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #26905, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 536 minutes of reading across 1287 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Northern Lights, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
