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Stray Pearls

Stray Pearls by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge is available here as the complete text, split into 889 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge34 chapters

Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5708.

34 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 34 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Stray Pearls

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  1. Chapter I Whitehall Before the Cobwebs 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Little Mutual Aversion 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Celadon and Chloe 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Salon Bleu 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V In Garrison 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Victory Dearly Bought 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Widow and Wife 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Marguerite to the Rescue 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Firebrand of the Bocage 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Old Threads Taken Up 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Two Queens 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Cavaliers in Exile 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Mademoiselle’s Toilette 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Court Appointment 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Stranger Thanksgiving Day 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Barricades 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII A Patient Grisel 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Twelfth Night, or What You Will 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI St. Margaret and the Dragon 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Lion and the Mouse 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Family Honour 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Hague 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Hunderslust 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Bridal Pearls 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Annora’s Home 6 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Stray Pearls is presented in 34 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Stray Pearls as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 889 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 34 chapters.

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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Stray Pearls can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of Stray Pearls can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

Questions about reading Stray Pearls

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Is this the complete text of Stray Pearls?

Yes. All 4442 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #5708 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Stray Pearls is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #5708, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Stray Pearls take to read?

About 370 minutes of reading across 889 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Stray Pearls section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Stray Pearls

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Promised
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Grandchildren
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Arrange
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Recollections
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