Chapter 1 of The Fortunes of Garin is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Fortunes of Garin is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. THE FORTUNES OF GARIN. Illustrated. THE WITCH. With frontispiece.
Chapter 1 of The Fortunes of Garin is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading “—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.”
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.”
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “THE FORTUNES OF GARIN.”
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “Illustrated.”
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading “—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.”
the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
From this reading “—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.”
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
From this reading “—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.”
a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading “THE WITCH.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading THE FORTUNES OF GARIN.
an ornamental facade
From this reading With frontispiece.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FORTUNES OF GARIN.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated.
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FORTUNES OF GARIN.
the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FORTUNES OF GARIN.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading THE WITCH.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With frontispiece.
Chapter 1 of The Fortunes of Garin by Mary Johnston holds 211 sentences, grouped into 43 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 211 sentences of The Fortunes of Garin, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Fortunes of Garin by Mary Johnston exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 211 sentences, grouped into 43 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 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 43 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.
Common questions about reading The Fortunes of Garin by Mary Johnston on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 6318 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #53394 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #53394, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 526 minutes of reading across 1264 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Fortunes of Garin section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 27 chapters of The Fortunes of Garin to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Fortunes of Garin, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
