Chapter 1 of The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales is here in full — 457 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales is here in full — 457 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FRANK R. STOCKTON'S WRITINGS. New Uniform Edition. THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales. THE LADY OR THE TIGER? and Other Stories. THE CHRISTMAS WRECK, and Other Stories.
Chapter 1 of The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales is here in full — 457 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading “THE CHRISTMAS WRECK, and Other Stories.”
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “New Uniform Edition.”
indulging in or influenced by fancy
From this reading “THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales.”
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 “THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales.”
a fierce or audacious person
From this reading “THE LADY OR THE TIGER? and Other Stories.”
always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
From this reading “New Uniform Edition.”
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading “THE CHRISTMAS WRECK, and Other Stories.”
the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
From this reading “FRANK R. STOCKTON'S WRITINGS.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading THE CHRISTMAS WRECK, and Other Stories.
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading New Uniform Edition.
indulging in or influenced by fancy
From this reading THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading FRANK R. STOCKTON'S WRITINGS.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading THE LADY OR THE TIGER? and Other Stories.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New Uniform Edition.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE LADY OR THE TIGER? and Other Stories.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading FRANK R. STOCKTON'S WRITINGS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FRANK R. STOCKTON'S WRITINGS.
plural of “story” — 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 THE LADY OR THE TIGER? and Other Stories.
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 THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales.
a fierce or audacious person
From this reading THE LADY OR THE TIGER? and Other Stories.
always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
From this reading New Uniform Edition.
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading THE CHRISTMAS WRECK, and Other Stories.
the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
From this reading FRANK R. STOCKTON'S WRITINGS.
Chapter 1 of The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales by Frank R. Stockton holds 457 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 457 sentences of The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales by Frank R. Stockton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 457 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.
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