Chapter 1 of The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES. Illustrated in color by Milo Winter. TALES OF THE PERSIAN GENII. Illustrated in color by Willy Pogany. THE RED INDIAN FAIRY BOOK.
Chapter 1 of The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading “Illustrated in color by Milo Winter.”
an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources
From this reading “THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES.”
plural of “fairy” — a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading “THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES.”
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading “THE RED INDIAN FAIRY BOOK.”
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “Illustrated in color by Milo Winter.”
small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
From this reading “Illustrated in color by Milo Winter.”
a native or inhabitant of Iran
From this reading “TALES OF THE PERSIAN GENII.”
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 “TALES OF THE PERSIAN GENII.”
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 “THE RED INDIAN FAIRY BOOK.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Illustrated in color by Milo Winter.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading Illustrated in color by Milo Winter.
an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources
From this reading THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES.
plural of “fairy” — a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES.
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading THE RED INDIAN FAIRY BOOK.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TALES OF THE PERSIAN GENII.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated in color by Milo Winter.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Illustrated in color by Milo Winter.
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading THE RED INDIAN FAIRY BOOK.
small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
From this reading Illustrated in color by Milo Winter.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES.
a native or inhabitant of Iran
From this reading TALES OF THE PERSIAN GENII.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Illustrated in color by Willy Pogany.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading THE RED INDIAN FAIRY BOOK.
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 TALES OF THE PERSIAN GENII.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Illustrated in color by Willy Pogany.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Illustrated in color by Milo Winter.
Chapter 1 of The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and by Frances Jenkins Olcott holds 389 sentences, grouped into 78 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 389 sentences of The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and by Frances Jenkins Olcott exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 389 sentences, grouped into 78 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.
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