Chapter 1 of The First Book of Eve is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The First Book of Eve is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world. The First Book of Eve. DRAWN BY FISH. WRITTEN AND DESIGNED BY FOWL. _Reproduced from and with the kind permission of “The Tatler.”_ BRENTANO’S, NEW YORK.
Chapter 1 of The First Book of Eve is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
superlative of “bright” — emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading “The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.”
done or made or performed with purpose and intent
From this reading “WRITTEN AND DESIGNED BY FOWL.”
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading “The First Book of Eve.”
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading “WRITTEN AND DESIGNED BY FOWL.”
superlative of “pretty” — pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.”
past form of “reproduce” — make a copy or equivalent of
radically distinctive and without equal
From this reading “The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.”
a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
From this reading “The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.”
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.
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In this reading “The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.”
In this reading “_Reproduced from and with the kind permission of “The Tatler.”_ BRENTANO’S, NEW YORK.”
In this reading “The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.”
In this reading “The First Book of Eve.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WRITTEN AND DESIGNED BY FOWL.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading The First Book of Eve.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Reproduced from and with the kind permission of “The Tatler.”_ BRENTANO’S, NEW YORK.
superlative of “bright” — emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading DRAWN BY FISH.
done or made or performed with purpose and intent
From this reading WRITTEN AND DESIGNED BY FOWL.
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading DRAWN BY FISH.
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading The First Book of Eve.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The First Book of Eve.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading DRAWN BY FISH.
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading WRITTEN AND DESIGNED BY FOWL.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Reproduced from and with the kind permission of “The Tatler.”_ BRENTANO’S, NEW YORK.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading _Reproduced from and with the kind permission of “The Tatler.”_ BRENTANO’S, NEW YORK.
used to form the superlative
From this reading The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading _Reproduced from and with the kind permission of “The Tatler.”_ BRENTANO’S, NEW YORK.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The First Book of Eve.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.
approval to do something
From this reading _Reproduced from and with the kind permission of “The Tatler.”_ BRENTANO’S, NEW YORK.
superlative of “pretty” — pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.
past form of “reproduce” — make a copy or equivalent of
From this reading _Reproduced from and with the kind permission of “The Tatler.”_ BRENTANO’S, NEW YORK.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Reproduced from and with the kind permission of “The Tatler.”_ BRENTANO’S, NEW YORK.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.
radically distinctive and without equal
From this reading The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.
a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
From this reading The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Reproduced from and with the kind permission of “The Tatler.”_ BRENTANO’S, NEW YORK.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The brightest, prettiest, most unique Weekly Paper in the world.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading WRITTEN AND DESIGNED BY FOWL.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading _Reproduced from and with the kind permission of “The Tatler.”_ BRENTANO’S, NEW YORK.
Chapter 1 of The First Book of Eve by Anne Harriet [Illustrator] Fish holds 106 sentences, grouped into 22 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 106 sentences of The First Book of Eve, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The First Book of Eve by Anne Harriet [Illustrator] Fish exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 106 sentences, grouped into 22 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 22 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 22 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 8 minutes of reading across 22 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The First Book of Eve section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The First Book of Eve, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
