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The Man from Snowy River

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Man from Snowy River is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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[Australian Poet, Reporter -- 1864-1941.]

[Note on text: Italicized stanzas will be indented 5 spaces.

Italicized words or phrases will be capitalized.

Lines longer than 75 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.

Also, some obvious errors, after being confirmed against other sources, have been corrected.]

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Archivist

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Man from Snowy River

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Man from Snowy River is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

[Australian Poet, Reporter -- 1864-1941.]

Line 2

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Line 3

Italicized words or phrases will be capitalized.

Line 4

Lines longer than 75 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.

Line 5

Also, some obvious errors, after being confirmed against other sources, have been corrected.]

All words in this reading · 46

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1864

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From this reading [Australian Poet, Reporter -- 1864-1941.]

1941

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From this reading [Australian Poet, Reporter -- 1864-1941.]

5

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75

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according

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after

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against

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Also

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and

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Australian

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From this reading [Australian Poet, Reporter -- 1864-1941.]

be

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been

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being

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broken

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capitalized

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characters

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confirmed

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continuation

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corrected

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errors

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have

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indented

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is

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Italicized

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Lines

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longer

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metre

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Note

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obvious

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on

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or

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other

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phrases

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Poet

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Reporter

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some

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sources

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spaces

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stanzas

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text

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than

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the

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to

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two

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will

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words

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Chapter 1 of The Man from Snowy River by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson holds 101 sentences, grouped into 21 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 1 of The Man from Snowy River contain?

Chapter 1 holds 101 sentences of The Man from Snowy River, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 1 of The Man from Snowy River by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 101 sentences, grouped into 21 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.

How do I study chapter 1 of The Man from Snowy River?

Work through the 21 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 21 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.

Can chapter 1 be read aloud to me?

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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Is this the complete text of The Man from Snowy River?

Yes. All 962 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #213 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #213, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Man from Snowy River take to read?

About 80 minutes of reading across 193 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Man from Snowy River

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Man from Snowy River, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Australian: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Man from Snowy River; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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