Chapter 1 of The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FAIRY BOOK. THE BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW. THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." LITTLE OLIVE. PREFACE.
Chapter 1 of The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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again but in a new or different way
From this reading “THE BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW.”
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading “THE FAIRY BOOK.”
provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia
From this reading “THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN."”
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
From this reading “LITTLE OLIVE.”
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading “THE BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW.”
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading “PREFACE.”
past form of “render” — cause to become
From this reading “THE BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW.”
chosen in preference to another
From this reading “THE BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW.
again but in a new or different way
From this reading THE BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN."
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading THE BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading THE FAIRY BOOK.
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading THE FAIRY BOOK.
a man of refinement
From this reading THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN."
provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia
From this reading THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN."
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading LITTLE OLIVE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN."
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
From this reading LITTLE OLIVE.
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading THE BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading PREFACE.
past form of “render” — cause to become
From this reading THE BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW.
chosen in preference to another
From this reading THE BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW.
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 BEST POPULAR STORIES SELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FAIRY BOOK.
Chapter 1 of The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 403 sentences of The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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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