Chapter 1 of The Blind Brother is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Blind Brother is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BLIND BROTHER. SUNSHINE LIBRARY. =Aunt Hannah and Seth.= By James Otis. =Blind Brother (The).= By Homer Greene. =Captain’s Dog (The).= By Louis Énault.
Chapter 1 of The Blind Brother is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “captain” — an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991)
From this reading “=Blind Brother (The).= By Homer Greene.”
a base hit on which the batter scores a run
From this reading “=Blind Brother (The).= By Homer Greene.”
a room where books are kept
From this reading “SUNSHINE LIBRARY.”
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
From this reading “=Captain’s Dog (The).= By Louis Énault.”
United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
From this reading “=Aunt Hannah and Seth.= By James Otis.”
(Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel
From this reading “=Aunt Hannah and Seth.= By James Otis.”
the rays of the sun
From this reading “SUNSHINE LIBRARY.”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading =Aunt Hannah and Seth.= By James Otis.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading =Aunt Hannah and Seth.= By James Otis.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading THE BLIND BROTHER.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading THE BLIND BROTHER.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading =Aunt Hannah and Seth.= By James Otis.
possessive form of “captain” — an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading =Captain’s Dog (The).= By Louis Énault.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading =Captain’s Dog (The).= By Louis Énault.
English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991)
From this reading =Blind Brother (The).= By Homer Greene.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading =Aunt Hannah and Seth.= By James Otis.
a base hit on which the batter scores a run
From this reading =Blind Brother (The).= By Homer Greene.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading =Aunt Hannah and Seth.= By James Otis.
a room where books are kept
From this reading SUNSHINE LIBRARY.
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
From this reading =Captain’s Dog (The).= By Louis Énault.
United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
From this reading =Aunt Hannah and Seth.= By James Otis.
(Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel
From this reading =Aunt Hannah and Seth.= By James Otis.
the rays of the sun
From this reading SUNSHINE LIBRARY.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BLIND BROTHER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading =Captain’s Dog (The).= By Louis Énault.
Chapter 1 of The Blind Brother by Homer Greene holds 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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 219 sentences of The Blind Brother, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Blind Brother by Homer Greene exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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 44 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 44 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 113 minutes of reading across 274 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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