The Magic Scrapbooks of C. A. George Newmann
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
The Library of Congress keeps old scrapbooks.
- A2
The Library of Congress keeps old scrapbooks by C. A. George Newmann.
- B1
The Library of Congress holds 197 numbered and 6 unnumbered scrapbooks in its Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
- B2
In 1945, C. A. George Newmann self-published a pamphlet claiming that his personal magic library was the biggest in the Western hemisphere.
- C1
In 1945, C. A. George Newmann self-published a pamphlet claiming that his private magic library was the largest in the Western hemisphere.
- C2
In 1945, C. A. George Newmann self-published a pamphlet claiming that his private magic library was the largest in the Western hemisphere, citing totals from 5,145 volumes to more than 7,500 publications.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- scrapbook
- a book with blank pages where you stick pictures, newspaper articles, and other things you want to keep
- blindfolded
- having a piece of cloth tied over the eyes so that a person cannot see
- volume
- one book, especially one that is part of a larger set or collection of books
- stiff
- firm and difficult to bend
- clipping
- an article or picture cut out of a newspaper or magazine
- uneven
- not regular, equal, or at the same level in every part
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Library of Congress: Bibliomania (rare books). Read the original for the full report.